A Great Win For Sax

The game today was played on a dry morning with the wind increasing as the game went on, but it was dry and not too cold.

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The game started well with both teams playing well and taking time to try and work each other out. &nbsp;Sax won a corner on 3 minutes and Ed went out to take the corner and almost scored straight from the kick. &nbsp;The ball was half cleared by Felixstowe & Walton and it came out to Fish, he took a touch and hit a great shot that the keeper got down to and pushed it away. &nbsp;Both teams were playing well and the Sax defence had to work hard to keep Felixstowe & Walton out. &nbsp;Ryan and Ed were also giving the Felixstowe & Walton defence a hard time and the lads at the back for Felixstowe & Walton certainly noticed Ryan who was putting himself about. &nbsp;On 8 minutes Felixstowe & Walton won the ball and worked some space for a shot. The ball moved about in the air and Jack done well to get behind it. &nbsp;Felixstowe & Walton had another good attack and Jack again showed his quality when he came out and won the ball and let the striker know he was not a push over. &nbsp;The next few minutes both teams had plenty of possession but could not make the breakthrough. &nbsp;Connor was getting loads of space but could not find the final ball but was doing well to stop Felixstowe & Walton play down the side. &nbsp;On 15 minutes Felixstowe & Walton got a free kick that Jack dealt with easily and played out to midfield. &nbsp;Kyle took a knock in the face and had to come off to get the blood and snot cleaned off, a great job (it tasted horrible). &nbsp;A switch was made with Rossi coming out of defence swapping with Tom who dropped back to his normal position. &nbsp;On 18 minutes Jack was back in action again after some good play from Felixstowe & Walton and Jack pulled of &nbsp;another amazing save. &nbsp;Over the next 2 minutes Jack was in action twice more and he kept the boys in the game with good keeping. &nbsp;On 21 minutes Kyle came off to give his ankle a rest and Ben went on with his usual enthusiasm. &nbsp;In the 29th minutes the boys got the ball and worked it through midfield and out to Rossi. &nbsp;He picked out Ryan who beat 3 defenders and put a left foot shot past the keeper to make it Sax 1 - 0 Felixstowe & Walton. &nbsp;The rest of the half carried on with both teams working hard but Sax just edging it. &nbsp;Ed had been given a free roll and was helping out all over the pitch. The Half time whistle went and we were happy to come in at 1 - 0.

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The 2nd half started well for Felixstowe & Walton, they had changed their system to try and get around the solid Sam & Finchy. &nbsp;Kris was going to have a very tough half at left back. &nbsp;The boys worked hard to keep the Felixstowe & Walton team out and were waiting to get a break. &nbsp;It came on the 52nd minute with a long kick out from Jack, a touch from Ryan on to Ben &nbsp;who poked the ball through to Ed who slotted it under the keeper to make it Sax 2 - 0 Felixstowe &Walton. &nbsp;George came on for Connor who had done well for the 55 minutes he was on. &nbsp;Jack got the ball in his hands, played a high ball that Ryan brought down well, he flicked it on to Rossi but the flag went up and a free kick was given to Felixstowe & Walton. &nbsp;They played it long and the striker beat Finchy and put it past Jack. &nbsp;Sax 2 - 1 Felixstowe & Walton. &nbsp;On 70 minutes Ryan came off so that Ollie could go on to help out in midfield as Felixstowe & Walton were still causing all sorts of problems down our left. &nbsp;We stopped them playing a bit but when they did get through Jack stopped everything and made it look easy. &nbsp;Ed had a shot that came back off the keeper and George was there to knock in the rebound but the flag went up, goal denied. &nbsp;2 minutes before the end Ollie got forward, hit a shot that just looped up and hit the bar. &nbsp;The ref blew the whistle and sax took the 3 points after a hard game against a very good team. &nbsp;The ref had an excellent game and we would be happy to see him back again this season. &nbsp;

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All the boys stepped their games up for today but Jack deservedly got the man of the match for his performance today. &nbsp;It was hard to pick out another player as they all did well and will need to play like that again next week when we visit Tornadoes at Greshams. &nbsp;

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Many thanks to Jo and Anita for supplying refreshments and everyone else who helped in setting up barrier packs and goals etc. &nbsp;Also a special mention for Jack and Ben who marked the pitch out on Friday after school.

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Well done

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