Despite a number of the girls not having any practises under their belts since the Christmas break, the girls played well for their first game back. Because of this the coaches placed soem girls in positions they are not accustomed to. After 10 minutes of familarization and allowing Golden Ears to pressure us a little too much; the Caps started rolling and took the game to GEU.
The game tactics and play for the Caps had two different halves. The first half saw the caps use their skill and passing through the middle and in the second we switched the game to the flanks and used longer balls or sideline passes to bring the ball around to the goal. Both had pretty much the same effect with many chances at goal. The final result was a 2-0 convincing win.
The black mark on the day was that Hannah went down at the end of the 1st half with a knee injury and could not return to the game. Hopefully things are not serious and she has a speedy recovery.
Some highlights in the game:
- our possession in the first half of the game was much better than previous games ... Brad is tracking this :-)
- some brilliant strings of passes in the first half - especially one particular attack that started deep in our end and after 7+ passes ended up on a shot off the post (but could not capitalize on the rebound)
- a lovely goal by Hannah --> cool and calm under pressure, placing the ball in the corner of the net past the keeper (this also started from a number of nice passes)
- today also saw Natalie save her third PK this season ... from memory, she has 3 saves and no goals against for PKs
- a clean sheet for Natalie and Michaila - who shared keeper duties
- our goals against / differential continues to be very good
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