Match Report: Leeds Away – 2-1 WIN! ?

A late push back at 3:15pm saw us heading to Leeds, with the added bonus of a supporting audience after the Men’s 1s had just finished their game.

Going into the match, there was a little apprehension about the bouncy pitch, and the first five minutes certainly lived up to expectations! Controlling the ball proved tricky, but once we settled, we started to find our rhythm.

We did a brilliant job of maintaining our height, driving up the pitch and putting Leeds under pressure in their D. Everyone was working hard to cover their positions, something we’ve been putting plenty of work into at training, and it really showed. We dominated large spells of the first half and went into half time level at 0-0.

The half-time team talk was all about taking the positives, continuing to work hard for each other and, importantly, wanting the ball more.

We were hoping to come out with another strong start, but Leeds had other ideas and came out fighting. A fantastic goal-line save from Lucy kept the scores level, and the whole team dug deep defensively to keep Leeds at bay.

Things got a little more interesting when a green card was upgraded to yellow, leaving us down to 10 players for 10 minutes. Despite the disadvantage, we defended brilliantly and refused to let Leeds capitalise.

Back to 11, we started moving the ball around nicely and were rewarded with a slick goal. Loz played it into Beth, who found Chloe to finish off a lovely bit of teamwork and put us 1-0 up!

Unfortunately, Leeds responded shortly afterwards, finding the net from their first short corner after a bit of a bobble in the D.

We continued to move the ball well and maintain possession, refusing to let the game slip away. Then, in a rather scrappy attempt on goal resulted in a flick being awarded to chesterfield with seconds to go after their player stopped the ball crossing the line. With our captain off the pitch, Meg stepped up to take responsibility and calmly slotted it into the top corner. What a way to finish!

Full-time: Leeds 1 – 2 Us!

A brilliant team performance, showing resilience, hard work and some of the things we’ve been working on at training coming together on the pitch. Everyone played their part, we stuck together when things got difficult and never stopped working for each other ??