AFC Hinksford 1 VS
Halesowen Community Rangers 2
Goal scorers:Sam and Chris
The rangers made the journey to the picturesque setting for this away fixture with Hinksford. It was a lovely playing surface and there were wonderful rural views all around. Despite the lovely blue skies we were without the inform Hamza Javaid, who was sidelined with an ankle injury, we were always going to miss his lethal threat in front of goal and on the wing.
The first half saw Hinksford having the lion’s share of
possession and forcing Javon into action
on a number of occasions. Javon Bailey is a quality keeper and plays with a
smile on his face, he is truly a pleasure to watch. He was forced to make a
double save from a Hinksford free kick.
Halesowen whilst not playing to their potential in the first
half had their moments; Chris was running up and down the left wing, winning
balls and outpacing the defender, he created a wonderful chance for Marzouk who
hit the post. When HCR put on the pressure it was impressive and this time
Marzouk fed Chris who forced a save from the confident Hinksford keeper. Once
again Chris and Marzouk combined with Marzouk heading just over the bar.
Javon was 1 on 1 with a Hinksford forward, Javon cleared the
ball and within minutes Javon calmly made another great save to keep the score 0-0.
Our new look back four, Matty, Sam, Paddy and Tarik were
combining well showing organisation and commitment with Sam making a vital
final clearance, great stuff Sam. AFC won a corner and Javon got his hands to
it. Then Paddy made a committed and well timed tackle to cancel out the AFC
attack.
AFC continued to put us under pressure with us failing to
retain possession in the middle of the park.
Marzouk managed some of his magical play with his shot going just wide.
Maien was energetic and causing all sorts of trouble, he was attacking in the
box and was the recipient of a push in the back but nothing was given.
Hinksford broke from a corner, a through ball split the Halesowen defence allowing their forward a 1 on 1 opportunity
with Javon. Javon had no choice but to commit himself to the ball, and his
unintentional connection with the player left the referee pointing to the spot which was converted for 1 – 0 to the home team. It was a blow for the visitors to concede just before
the half time whistle was blown.
Half time score AFC Hinksford 1 Vs
Halesowen Community Rangers 0
The half time team talk must have been inspiring as
Halesowen Community Rangers entered the field of play with some more energy and
belief. The midfield of Marzouk, Taha, Aaron, Chris and Zeyad were winning more
balls and contending. Halesowen were awarded a corner which was taken by
Marzouk and Sam hit sweetly with his left foot into the back of the net, a quality finish
from Sam .Sam has a knack of scoring hugely important goals for HCR, as was
this one – the all important equaliser
that our improved play warranted.
Confidence and energy was up, Mohamed was lively and shot just wide, he then set
Aaron up with a great ball which Aaron did well to get to and his shot was
collected by the keeper. Maien was a revelation upfront, busy, threatening and
skilful and he forced a great save.
The game was end to end with both teams pushing hard for the
winner, AFC won a corner which Taha cleared, Sam then made a crucial challenge with Javon gathering to
make sure the ball didn’t cross the line.
Zeyad was playing with renewed energy and making great
forward runs but shot over the bar, nearly grabbing the winner, on another day
it would have sailed into the net. He didn’t give up he kept going and crossed
an exquisite ball into the area, Maien unselfishly left it for Chris to smash
into the back of the net. His team mates proceeded to swamp him in a pile on to show their
appreciation. Halesowen had audaciously
grabbed the winner ahead of the final whistle, no doubt a blow to Hinksford but
sheer joy to the rangers as their improved passage of play deserved this outcome.
There were many candidates for Man of The Match, Javon
saving the day on many occassions, Paddy with his last ditch tackles, Zeyad with
his no nonsense football which elicited the killer cross for the winning goal.
Today’s Man of the Match goes to Chris for his industry in
the first half and for scoring the all important winning goal and opening his
HCR account. Well done Chris.
A very entertaining game of football with Halesowen not at
their best but showing great character and determination to come back from
conceding a goal before half time to take home all three points and we look
forward to moving up the league
table.
Well done to everyone !
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