Berrylands 3 – 0 Horley
Goals Emma, Vix, Grace
Berrylands debuts Katie, Sofia G
What a difference a week makes ….. we came, we saw, we conquered! Earlier in the week the squad was looking a little light with Canela and Sofie D sunning it up in Spain and other team members unavailable but the word was out and not only did we have two new recruits – welcome Katie and Sofia – but Helen returned after a few months’ absence and there was even an offer from Rachel who hasn’t played for a couple of years. Linda was available to play in goal giving Teresa a much-deserved chance to run around the pitch and she certainly did!
The sun was shining, the supporters were out in force, Tim had his camera. The stage was set!
A few highlights:
- Linda going to ground to save yet another Horley shot from close range
- Teresa clearing the ball off the line to prevent Horley scoring
- Sharon’s AWESOME running out at short corners to cut off the first Horley shots. And I mean AWESOME (Tim’s photo proves it!)
- Lins calmness personified in front of goal, clearing our lines and acting as the final defence before our goal
- Emma modestly claiming the first goal “Well, the ball hit my stick and went in the air into the goal” ….. yes, Emma, you scored!
- Vix’s superb slight touch to deflect Lucia’s cross from a short corner into the back of the net for our second goal
- Cairalee and Ali smothering Horley’s play and preventing them getting into the D
- Lucia S tireless tackling, and defending, and running up and down the pitch, and up and down the pitch, and up and down the pitch again ….
- Helen’s run, taking the ball down the left hand side of the pitch to cross the ball in to Grace …..
- Grace then scored our third goal, calmly, to finally see us on our way to victory!
- The oppo’s captain reckoned there was a force field around our goal during the match. That was no force field – that was Linda and the defenders!
Squad: Linda (goal), Teresa, Lins, Ali, Lucia S, Sharon, Cairalee, Sofia G, Emma, Katie, Helena, Vix, Grace and Helen V