Waverton Scorers;
Matt Sheen 2 (8)
Sam Jones 2 (5)
Cameron Faulkener 1
(season total in brackets)
Coach's MoM:Cameron Faulkener
Supporters' MoM:Jordan Coxall
Match Report
This was the classic "game of two halves", with Nomads Colts taking a 2-0 lead into the break only for the Wasps to come storming back in the second half for their first League victory of the season.
Compared to the previous week (against Nomads) the Wasps started the match very brightly, but having missed both of the two good early chances they'd created, the team seemed to "go back into its shell", allowing the Colts to come into the game strongly with two good goals before the break.
After a masterclass in half time team talks from Mark though, encouraging the boys to believe in themselves and to play "with a smile on their faces", things quickly turned around after the break. The all important "early goal" in the second half was provided courtesy of an accurate free kick, right in the top corner, from Sam Jones (keeping up his excellent scoring record against his Kings schoolmates!), and the confidence came flooding back right through the team. Matt Sheen soon added an equaliser, with an extreme lob of the goalkeeper, and a few minutes later a Jordan Coxall header from a corner was saved on the line, but scrambled in on the rebound by Cameron Faulkener. From a 2-0 deficit the team were suddenly 3-2 up after no more than 15 mins of the second half.
The Wasp's confidence continued to build, and it was no surprise when the two strikers both added a second goal each, to make the score a very comfortable looking 5-2 by the final whistle. The MoM awards went to Cameron Faulkener, for a terrific all round game, and to Jordan Coxall for an energetic performance which saw him popping up all over the pitch to make valuable contributions, including assists for two of the goals.
The "second half" team (if not the first!) looked ready for the "big one" against Boughton next week.
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