Oxford City 3 vs Isis
2 – 29.09.14
6-4 Win
“Team Awesome” got Oxford City off to a great start in the
season with an excellent win against local rivals Isis, and featured club debuts
from Theo and Laura that were great to see.
The basis of the
win was a great offensive display in the first half, followed by hard-working
defensive shift in the second. Becca’s
pre-match team talk and promise of team cake obviously did the trick!
This was a really encouraging start by our
third team, and what was especially impressive was the amount of movement and
variety of attacks on display. All the
things we’ve been practising in training were demonstrated in the match. Well done everyone – there was a very proud
coach on the sidelines (aka Gaz)!
A special shout out goes to Theo, who not only made his
debut for Oxford City, but also scored a great long shot in the first half, and
then put on a sterling defensive effort in the second half when Isis brought on
last year’s OKA player of the season against him. Considering Dan conceded five goals to him in
the later City 1 team match, for Theo to only concede one was brilliant. I was also impressed with Becca’s captaincy
and her nerves of steel when converting her penalty.
Official MVP – Becca “The Blaze” Bleeze
Scorers – Dan (2), Becca (1), Theo (1), Alice (1), Niall (1)
Oxford City 1 vs Isis 1 – 29.09.14
12-6 Win
With a large proportion of the squad still recovering from
playing a lot of korfball at Bristol the day before, it was always going to be
important to get off to a strong start before legs became tired later on. And we did, racing into a four goal lead quickly
after Becca kicked off the scoring.
The
match continued in this vein, with City reaching the break seven goals ahead after
a great variety of attacks. Gaz’s
tactics were paying off, utilising the strengths of our squad versus the
opposition.
Things changed after the
break, with sore legs tiring, Alice disappearing to be sick (well done Blaze for stepping in!)
and we also perhaps relaxed too much after dominating the first half. That, coupled with increased energy & pressure from Isis,
resulted in a number of sloppy passes and rushed attacks, and this is something
we need to cut out in future matches.
However, we continued to create chances and score at key times, and the
final score was much more comfortable than it felt at times.
Personal highlights were the way we had a goal threat throughout the team, and also the way Niall slotted in seamlessly when making his full first team debut when he replaced Dave W in the second half.
Personal highlights were the way we had a goal threat throughout the team, and also the way Niall slotted in seamlessly when making his full first team debut when he replaced Dave W in the second half.
Official MVP – Niall
Scorers – Gaz (3), Alice (2), Becca (2), Dan (2), Dave W
(1), Dave E (1), Jo (1)
- Match reports by Dan
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