Match Report v Dingoes B 1/11/09

The competition leaders played the Dingoes (2-1) in an early morning game. Sok decided to join the Dingoes as goalkeeper to try and stem the flow of goals as we are leading the competition in goals with 26. However, he should have been keeping in the A game as their other keeper didn’t have the best of games (with 8 going past him). Please see R.Wood report for the details. It was a tight first period as neither team was able to get any advantage. However, when S.Abbott and S.King had made an incorrect substitution, Abbott was sent to the bench as a result. With four on the field the diamond defence “T.Moore, S.Broome, N.Yeoh and J.Blades” never looked like conceding a goal. With Abbott returning to the field, Moore flicked one over the top of the defence, which was chased down by Blades, who put a magnificent pass across goal and when he combined with fellow Haleian, S.Abbott he put the ball into the back of the net. Revolution 1 – Dingoes 0. In the second period, Blades and King, were both given 2 minute penalties. Diffen received a monster cork and looked like playing no further part in the game. Sharks were not able to capitalise from the opposition’s weak defence. The third period began with King doing a hamstring inside the first five minutes leaving the team down to eight fit players. However, Diffen returned but had little impact on the game. With six minutes remaining the team was able to stop the run of the opposition and began to hold the ball in order to not allow the opposition to touch it. A.Baster passed backward to defender Yeoh and he found a small hole in their formation which he used to score a goal. Final Score: Revolution Sharks 2 – Dingoes