Adwick Ladies FC vs Republica
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04 September 2022 · West Riding Begineers League<br>Starter
Home friendly match played on 04 September 2022.
Kicked off at 3:30 PM
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vs Republica
Home friendly match
Adwick Ladies team v Republica International Women’s match today??
We always knew today we provide the opportunity for the ladies to play a team of a similar level.
The Republica team having played in last season’s WBL league would be well drill and have some games under their belt so we couldn’t take them lightly.
However, full credit to the ladies who played, with every one of them putting in a great shift and showing why they are making the squad.
Our ladies definitely started the better and for the first 15 minutes we definitely pulled most of the strings but as the first half closed, I could see areas where we were letting them gain an advantage in the midfield which culminated in them scoring a sloppy goal just before the break
At times in the second half possession was with them,the biggest difference being them picking up loose balls. We allowed a bit too much possession in our half and players understanding how to adjust to that from a position aspect is something we need to work on in training.
However, one thing for sure was we weren’t limited to the odd attack and had numerous amount of chances ourselves, however we just couldn’t put the ball in the net.
Inevitably, we stood strong like we do on many occasion and defended very well with Neve having good control of things at the back.
I could see a bit of tiredness kicking in to some of the players with 10 minutes to go and with a few carrying niggly injuries it needed to be a resilient team effort to keep going to the end.
Having said that the Ladies pressed hard in the last 5 minutes to equalise and numerous chances could have swung it our way, unfortunately it just wasn’t going to be, we will work on our finishing at training this week.
We have another friendly next week prior to the start of the season and things can change very quickly so we’ll keep plugging away with how we want to approach the game and I’m convinced we’ll have more success than failure this season
Man of the match went to Neve Pemberton who is such a valuable member of our team who was immense in the centre of defence in the second half.??
A big Thankyou to all everyone who came to the game it was fantastic seeing so many familiar faces.
Up the Adwick Ladies ??