MOM Sam Bryant Helps The Vikings To A Well Deserved Draw With A Brace Of Goals.

<p class="MsoNormal">Today&rsquo;s match was a thrilling match for the spectator; a great game between two teams both determined to win, end to end football with plenty of chances.

<p class="MsoNormal">The game started well for Vikings with an early individual goal from Sam who ran with the ball from the Viking half, up the right wing and scored with a great finish to make it 1-0 after 4 minutes. Banbury didn&rsquo;t waste any time responding scoring a goal back within a minute to bring the scores level at 1-1. We played with much more determination this week, Banbury are a good side but we kept the pressure on. Within the next 10 minutes Luke put two chances just wide, one being a great header from a corner. Adam also had a chance - a powerful shot that got deflected out by a defender for another corner.&nbsp;

<p class="MsoNormal">On 15 minutes, Banbury tore through our midfield and created an excellent chance but their final shot hit the post. We responded to this attack very well by creating a great opportunity through good passing, Sam had his shot saved (well) by the keeper but Luke was there to slot away the rebound. 2-1 to Vikings.&nbsp; Both teams continued to battle, Vikings were awarded a free kick just outside their box, a well taken free kick which was confidently cleared by their defence. This was quickly followed by a free kick to Banbury just outside our box. this ricocheted against the cross bar to much relief in the Vikings camp. We battled on; Connor put in a great shift on the right as did Tom in defence who, in the closing minutes of the first half, hit a perfect 30yd pass to Jamie, who had great fun running a few rings around their defenders&hellip; but the third goal would not come.&nbsp; HT 2-1

<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;As expected, Banbury came out fighting in the second half and got an equalising goal back very early on to bring the score to 2-2.&nbsp; Iwan had another great game in goal making some brilliant saves and showed some excellent decision making.&nbsp; Unfortunately on 50 minutes one of his saves took a little bit too much of the player and Banbury were awarded a penalty.&nbsp; Iwan stood there with his Grobbelaar legs a&rsquo;wobbling, their number 11 stepped up and hit a blistering ball but Iwan got his hand to it to make an excellent save! &nbsp;We took full advantage of Banbury&rsquo;s disappointment and put in a great counter-attack with Sam & Oscar pairing up really well cutting through their midfield&hellip; Sam hit a great shot but their goalie also made a great save, however he didn&rsquo;t keep hold of it and Oscar leapt on the chance to score an easy third goal to make it 3-2 to Vikings.&nbsp; We were back in the lead but did not settle for that, within a few minutes Sam had another chance go just wide and Ollie continued to battle in the midfield.&nbsp; Banbury had not let their heads go down and also battled away, Iwan made some excellent saves but eventually, with some great play by their number 9, scored their equaliser. 3-3&nbsp;

<p class="MsoNormal">With just a few minutes left of the match it could have gone either way, we had two good chances in this period; a great volley from Adam that just went wide and another excellent corner from Lewis that Charlie headed just wide.&nbsp; The final score was 3-3, a fair result. Both teams battled and either could have won the game in the closing minutes.&nbsp;

<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;Well done boys!

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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers

<p class="MsoNormal">Jon