Filton College 0-2 Worthing College
Worthing travelled to Filton College the National Champions for the past 2 years to play a side that contained two players with FA Cup Losing medals and experience of playing in the UEFA Champions League for Bristol Academy’s 1st team. Both of these players where matched directly against Lucy Somes and Darcey James Worthing’s two Centre Midfielders who have recently been called into the last 33 of the England College trials. This was to be the battle that would decide the game.
The game started at a fast pace with Filton immediately taking control of possession, and Worthing taking up strong defensive positions. The 1st 25 minutes continued on in this vein with Filton having the majority of possession and Worthing breaking quickly when they won possession. As the game went on Worthing gained in confidence and started to retain the ball for longer periods, creating more chances than Filton. Chloe Debaes having two chances in two minutes both times testing the Filton keeper who was up to the test on both occasions.
Meg Cave and Danielle Lane where keeping the lively Filton forwards in check until Filton managed to break Worthing down with a well working moved down the left that saw the Filton number 10 go clean through on goal with only Natalie Woolven to beat who was up to the task with a full stretch diving save deflecting the ball out wide for Millie York to come on and clear the danger.
This then saw Worthing break away again with James breaking from midfield and striking a shot from distance that the Filton keeper had to save down at her near post. The half drew to a close with a stalemate and both side keeping the ball for periods of time.
Half Time 0-0
The 2nd half started with Worthing keeping possession well moving the ball across the back line and into midfield well. The midfield battle was starting to heat up with tackles flying in from both sides James, Somes and Sophie Frost were staring to gain the upper hand and get up the skins of the talented Filton midfield. A heart stopping moment then came for Worthing to remind them of the quality of Filton when Ellie Curson Filton’s Captain, and a scorer in the European Champions League, struck the bar with a rasping drive from 35 yards out.
Worthing won a free kick 25 yards out in a central position, Somes stepped up and struck the Filton bar with the goalkeeper all but beaten. This seemed to give Worthing the extra belief they needed to take control of the game. The breakthrough came with 20 minutes to go when a long ball from Lane into the Filton penalty area caused a mix up in the defence leaving Somes an easy tap in from 12 yards into an empty net. 1-0 Worthing with 20 minutes to go, this left Filton bickering demanding more from one another. The next 20 minutes would see Filton banging on the door to get the equalizer the Worthing defnce stood strong making important blocks on the edge of the area with Filton unable to break the defence down and so being reduced to shots from distance.
Worthing broke away with Jade Widdows going clean through on goal and the Filton keeping making a brave stop to put the ball out for a corner. The following corner saw a goal mouth scrambled with 16 bodies inside the 6 yard box and 3 clearances off the Filton goal line and a penalty claim for hand ball, final Filton scrambled the ball to the edge of the area where James was fouled trying to strike on goal. Free kick to Worthing on the edge of the area, James herself stepped up and put the free kick in the top corner beyond the reach of the desperate Filton keeper. 5 minutes to go 2-0 Worthing and Filton finally becoming more desperate to get themselves into a game that all but seemed beyond them.
The final whistle went on a hard fought game that Worthing thoroughly deserved to win with the Bristol Academy 1st team manager who had been watching on coming over to praise the Worthing team on their performance through out the 90 minutes.
Goals: Lucy Somes and Darcey James
Player of the match: Danielle Lane – Marshalling the back 4 brilliantly, making some great blocks and challenges.
Mike
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