hook youth 2 vs 2 NW Phantoms

<p>High winds, boggy soggy pitch and driving rain - wow lets play and<br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" />watch football.<br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" />In the first half we were playing into a very strong wind. Phantoms<br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" />had a few good chances to score, goalmouth scramble, as well as a goal<br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" />scored but disallowed and a surprising penalty miss (RD first ever<br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" />miss in a game). Hook Youth playing the territory game, particularly<br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" />long throws trying to win corners. Against run of play Hook scored<br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" />from a freekick, a fair shot, but not one that should ever have gone<br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" />in..Second half we started very brightly, playing with the now less<br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" />relenting wind. Sadly, a poor tackle left EH injured and out<br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" />of the game, taken off to hospital for scans..<br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" />The ensuing freekick was beautifully struck by GW to level the<br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" />game. Only one team in it with a question of when we'd score our next<br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" />goal. However a defensive mixup between defender and keeper allowed a<br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" />soft goal for Hook. Credit to Hook for that character they clearly<br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" />have and ability to score when they are up against it.<br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" />As we pushed on for the equaliser we were a little vulnerable to the<br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" />counter. Finally with a couple of mins left Phantoms managed to get<br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" />the equaliser, another scramble in the penalty area with RD the<br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" />quickest to pounce and throw a knee at the ball to equalise.<br style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" />Final score 2 v 2. Good response at the end of the game. Both teams shaking hands and being respectful. Really pleasing to see.

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