L2s vs EHC 5

It was a late start for the FAL vs Cala 5’s match, plenty of times for pre- match jitters to develop, particularly playing against an unknown opponent.

The 1st quarter saw Cala come out in force, quickly moving the ball and having a lot of possession, at times unsettling the FAL defensive 5. However, despite Cala’s best attacking efforts, FAL deflected all threats with some excellent saves from Louise in goals. Short corners for both teams proved unsuccessful in this quarter. 

The 2nd quarter, FAL really settled into the match, again denying a lot of Cala’s attacking play. A long corner for Cala proved successful in getting the ball into D with a crossing ball being played to a waiting white shirt at the back post to take the score to 1-0 for Cala. However, this did not unsettle FAL, great passing and attacking play from Lauren onto Megan led to Megan winning a short corner for FAL. The 1st attempt was on target however saved by the nimble Cala keeper, however another foul from Cala saw FAL awarded another short corner, this time Louisa switching out to Rochelle on the left. A shot on target was saved, however another Cala foul led to the 3rd short corner. This time Louisa switched out to Jenni on the right who delivered a good cross ball to Louisa whose effort on goal was again saved. Rebound efforts again led to the ball finding its way to Rochelle who quickly put the ball in the left corner of the goal. 1 a piece.

Both 3rd and 4th quarters were fought out hard by both teams. Cala had some strong attacking play but were denied by FAL defence. FAL attacking play saw some excellent passing and shots on target by Olivia and Ava, the Cala keeper not allowing a change to the scorecard. 

Full time 1-1. A hard fought match and FAL very happy to walk away with the point.

Special mention to Megan Inglis playing her first Ladies match, winning the short corner that lead to our goal and earning herself joint Player of the Match!

🏑 Rochelle

🏆 Kara and Megan