MCYFC Aycliffe 3 v
East Durham FC 1
The lads were absolutely brilliant today. Playing third in the league and dominating the for most of the Match. Showing how far this team has progressed, after drawing 5-5 earlier in the season.
The first half saw us dominating the play and holding Durham in their own half. A long ball over the top caught our defenders on their heels and Durham got their goal against the run of play.
Second half saw the lads pull themselves back into it. Cruz with a brilliant run taking on three players before tucking the ball into the car corner. The dominating play continued when the ball fell to Lewis on the edge of the box. Controlling it with his right foot and lobbing the Durham keeper with a left footed volley.
Durham continued to try the long balls over the top to their attackers. However, our defence of Anderson, Joshua, Luke, Joseph and Danny held strong and matched them for pace and strength. Theo in goal was on his toes to race out and clear the ball in his sweeper keeper role.
Midfield of Ewan, Ethan, Cruz (second half), Harry, Lewis and Chappers were all on fire. They pressed, tackled, dribbled and passed around the Durham players excellently. Every second ball was won by the lads and Durham had no answer for the high energy play.
First half we had Oscar and Cruz driving the Durham defence crazy. Unfortunately some excellent saves and blocks they were unable to make the pressure count. Second half saw Cruz drop into centre midfield and Jake (playing with a fractured toe) joining Oscar upfront. Eventually all of Oscar’s dribbles and attacking paid off. A quickly taken corner saw him with the ball in the box to calmly place the ball into the bottom corner away from the diving Durham keeper to get our third goal.
Goals scored: Oscar x1, Lewis x1, Cruz x1.
MOM: Lewis. This was his best game for the team. He won every Durham goal kick and pressed their players nonstop. He found the calmness and skill to drive forward with the ball and had the awareness to play passes when needed. He controlled the entire game.
Amazing performance by this team today and fully deserved the 3 points.