Dees Reserves FC 1 vs 6 G&S Rovers FC

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">After a long road journey deep in to Surrey for this first round FA Cup tie, Rovers arrived at the ground to find a very athletic looking team who seemed ready for&nbsp;a cup battle. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The game started very well and G&amp;S dominated from the off with&nbsp;some excellent football being played. Lot's of chances however went begging and the worry started 'was the ball ever going to be in the back of the net?'. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">22 mins had lapsed when Rich was fouled on the halfway line.&nbsp; His quick mind took over as he immediately got to his feet to dink a&nbsp;nice little&nbsp;free kick to John.&nbsp; He was unmarked, advanced to the keeper and passed square for Deji&nbsp; who was in acres to slot home! It was nice for the quick free kick to work in G&amp;S favour for once!! 0-1. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">6 mins later and a&nbsp;quick throw in from Chris to Rich, led to a corner being awarded. Again good to see Rovers alert as the ball was whipped in by Rich for Deji to head home 0-2. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The next 10 minutes saw a few chances from Dees, with the ball over the top, but were wasted and nobody put Deano under any pressure at all. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">With only 5 mins remaining in the half, John made a clearance from&nbsp;midfield which Deji hunted down.&nbsp; He&nbsp;hassled well and won the ball from the hapless last&nbsp;defender to calmly slot home for 0-3 and a first half hat trick!! Top job! <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Yet again the 2nd half started with the Blues dominant and a lot of good movement down the left handside with Rob, Rich and Ant carving Dees wide open, only for&nbsp;the chances&nbsp;to be&nbsp;wasted. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">On 55 mins however Ant was put through on the left handside again and managed to square to Deji who rounded the keeper to tap home, cool as you like as usual,&nbsp;0-4. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">G&amp;S had a small wake up call on 63 however as the Dees left winger, on as a sub, picked up the ball outside the box and made a winding run through the defence to slot home. Should have been dealt with!! 1-4. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">With under half an hour to go and the game surely out of Dees' reach anyway, a&nbsp;couple of changes were made as Jay and Rob were both given&nbsp;a much&nbsp;needed rest and no further worry of injury, to bring in Louis and Berto. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">On 72 mins Berto, on his competitive debut, was soon in the game.&nbsp; He&nbsp;picked up the ball in midfield and dinked the ball over the last defender to land on Deji's foot.&nbsp; Deji fired home this time&nbsp;for 1-5. Go Berto, what a way to make an impact on your debut?! <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">For the final 10,&nbsp;Deji was&nbsp;given&nbsp;a deserved breather after yet another Man of the Match&nbsp;performance, to allow the ever eager Mosh to come in to inject some fresh legs. <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">With only a few minutes remaining,&nbsp;Adam made a long pass (it was not a clearance we are told, definitely a pass!?) to Russell who calmly slotted home. Much deserved for his persistence throughout the game! <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">1-6 it was and that is how it stayed.&nbsp; On to round 2!!