Match Report – U15 Vipers vs Winnersh Rangers Avengers – 26th March

U15 Vipers EBFA Div 8 of 8 – Lost 1-3 away to Winnersh Rangers Avengers – played with 7 Maidenhead players v 10. David Carrillo Chavarria scored.

For this game Maidenhead were down to 7 players out of a squad of 10 and 7 is the minimum number of players to go ahead with an 11aside game in EBFA. Ordinarily we would have conceded the game under these circumstances but the Vipers played this team 2 weeks earlier with 9 players v 11 and won 4-1. We arranged with the opposition the night before that if he had 11 players he would play 10 against us and if he had 10 players he would play 9 against us. Unluckily for us he had 11 so it was 7 v 10.

The team was Thomas Crane in goal, David Carrillo Chavarria left back, Dayo Akinjobi central defender, Cameron Tahir-Khaliq right back with Lucas Pieltain on the left, Slavko Bozhinov on the right and Sebi Lievano in the middle/up front.

Kick off 12.32. Tom save. Tom to Sebi who went on run and shot. Sebi corner from left which nearly went in. Dayo won ball and played it to Sebi. Dayo good defending and backheel in box to David who played the ball forward. Their shot went just over the crossbar. Tom goal kick up towards David. Conceded 0-1 12.39. Lucas to Dayo to David to Lucas nice passing move. David played ball over their defence. Dayo to Tom to David. David cleared by corner flag for a throw. Tom down on one knee to make save. David cleared for throw. Lucas ball forward. Slavko pass to Sebi. Cameron good defending. Tom save. Sebi throw to David. Cameron ball forward. David run on left. 12.49 David corner from left. David shot and then scored from rebound 1-1 to equalize.

Dayo to Lucas. Lucas lovely chip from right that so nearly went in. Tom collected ball and big kick forward. David cleared for throw. Lucas skipped challenge and pass to Dayo as both running out from defence. Dayo chipped ball over opposition player to Lucas. Dayo good defending with 2 players on him. Tom save on one knee again. David shot. Dayo throw on right. Dayo won ball and went on run down line on right. Slavko well played. David nice ball to Lucas on left wing in their half. Sebi throw on left in their half. Dayo to David. Tom save after the ball spun up and out of his hand from shot. Slavko cleared for throw. David good defending and cleared. Dayo cleared. Slavko ball forward. Tom save. Tom came out to edge of box to clear. Sebi throw for Dayo. Lucas good cover in defence. Half time 1-1.

2nd half. 13.13. David great run from half way. Sebi throw to David. David run to box from left. Dayo good defending. Dayo cleared forward. David ball forward. Dayo to Tom who played the ball forward. Dayo great defending and ball to Lucas. Tom cleared under pressure. Cameron good defending. Their corner. Lucas ball forward for David run. Sebi good pressure. Sebi throw. Their shot went wide. 13.26 Sebi went into goal so Tom could play on pitch. Dayo great ball to wing but Lucas couldn’t keep it on. Sebi collected ball and big kick. Dayo cleared forward over his shoulder. Sebi save from header. Tom’s shot went just over bar. David interception. Dayo throw to Tom, Dayo run but ball went out. Sebi down on one knee to save. Slavko volley to wing. Conceded 1-2 13.34.

Cameron throw to Tom. Tom great run at goal and shot. They scored but rulled out for handball in lead up. Sebi took free kick. Our free kick in their half for another handball which David took. Spectacular save by their goalie to tip our shot over, unluckily for us. Tom’s corner didn’t go on the pitch. Sebi took our free kick. Sebi diving save. 13.47 Conceded 1-3 when their player kicked ball from beween Sebi’s hands, injuring Sebi’s hand in the process. Sebi cleared.

I chose Man of the Match to be Dayo Akinjobi for the 2nd week running from the 2 games I have attended as he is absolutely brilliant in defence. I was very proud though of all the players for turning up to this game and playing their hearts out when so severely outnumbered and it turned out to be a hot day too which really worked against us. We had some very good chances to score and were unlucky that their last goal in particular was allowed. Well done to our Magnificent Seven for drawing the first half.