Middlewich Town Youth U12 2 vs 2 Hurdsfield Vipers

A cold and blustery morning saw us travel to Middlewich whom we had played only a few weeks before.

In tricky conditions the 1st half was a hard fought and fairly scrappy affair. The wind made it hard and the game was generally fought in defensive areas.

Mid way through the 1st half Toby surged down the right and cut the ball back across the edge of the box. It was just behind Zak but Rory came onto it with a lovely 1st time fight footed finish into the bottom corner for 1-0. Defensively we were doing well. Austin, Tymon and Franek all doing very well in winning battles and making clearances. We got a free kick from mid way inside the opposition half and Austin rattled the crossbar with a thunderous effort from 30 yards with the rebound going behind.

Into 2nd half, the wind continued to play its part. We battled fairly well in midfield duels but lost an equaliser when lack of communication at the back let Middlewich score from close range. We stuck at our task and Tymon, who was his usual excellent best played a ball through to Zak who got there in front of the keeper to prod the ball past for 2-1.

We were seeing the game out quite well and had a few other shots from distance from Toby, Oliver and Zak but didn't trouble the keeper. Unfortunately a sickener with the last kick of the ball. Again lack of communication at the back allowed Middlewich to nip in amd prod past Jack with the last kick of the game.

All in all a hard fought point that felt like a loss but such is football. Well played to the boys who stood up to the challenge against a good side.

MOTM - Toby

Goal of the Week - Rory

Parents MOTM - Tymon