To compete in the next stage of the Association Cup, this was a 'must win' for the girls, and they all did us proud. We're into the semi-finals ...!!!
The first quarter saw both Lofty and Woodside fighting hard, and to be honest, it felt as though the game could have gone either way. We pitched a strong team at the start, but despite that, we were struggling a bit. Woodside were flooding their defense, and their forwards were playing fresh and strong. Woodside looked the goods.
To the girls' credit, they ground it out and broke the deadlock. We hit the side of the net a few times, as we did the uprights, but we headed for the oranges with a lead.
In the second half, we continued the ascendancy of our latter-first, and it was all Lofty. We were peppering the goals, but more importantly, we netted some awesome top-corner strikes. It was amazing to watch Louise and Kali turning and shooting with intent, and Bronte hitting the ball hard from both the corner sets and long.
I really feel that the heroes of this game though, were our defenders, so I'd like to congratulate our backs and mids for a job well done. If you guys didn't hold and push the ball forward, our strikers wouldn't have got a look in.
Fiona did amazing work in our defense. Nikhili and Fiona dominated in the second half, and Woodside's best striker didn't know what to do but to play rough.
Congratulations must also go to Meisha, as one of our best players of the day, for such a strong and committed effort. She went in so hard at every tackle, and put her body on the line, time and time again. We all hope your knee's OK, Meisha.
A big thanks too, to our fantastic goalies, Indigo and Kyah, for the clean sheet.
Great job girls. That was one hell of a win ...!
Result:
MOUNT LOFTY 7 - Woodside 0
WIN #03 for LOFTY ...!!!
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