HAILSHAM 0 ETC 3
Shantelle Omar 2, Emily Gillam 1
ETC travelled to Hailsham for their 4th game of the season with 9 players. With 4 key players out and having not enough to field a starting 11, the odds were not on our side. The first 10 minutes of the half saw the ETC girls completely take charge of the game; Hailsham looked more like the team that only had 10 players on the pitch. Experienced players really stepped up to the mark and showed Great Spirit in setting the standard for the game.We came close to taking the lead on several occasions with shots coming from Shantelle Omar, Lola Olusanya, and Emily Gillam. Accurate and pacey passing from Rachel Gunn and Shantelle finally found Lola, who again took the ball down the right wing; crossed a deadly ball into the box which Hailsham defence found hard to clear; which resulted in Shantelle controlling and hitting the ball into the bottom right hand corner to make it 1-0 ETC!!Now filled with even more confidence, we started to really press Hailsham. Charleigh Crotty pushing up from defence to create more chances for us, Jasmine Izzard in defence looking like she was what England missed in the 3-2 defeat to Croatia, Shantelle Omar actually defending, Rachel Gunn spraying the ball left and right from the centre of midfield, Emily and Lola taking defenders on down the wings, Bekki French getting a foot in when needed, Vicky Davies battling hard up front, and Sophie Boast getting her body behind the ball and playing like n experienced keeper.Again ETC broke down the right with Lola crossing for Emily Gillam to make a late run to the far post for a tap in finish.Just before half time ETC broke again with a long ball from defence, Rachel Gunn got on the end of it and drove forward to the goal, a late challenge then flew in from Hailsham catching Gunns foot taking her out for the rest of the game. A big blow for ETC as Gunn had a superb first half, and we were now down to 8 players with another half to go.The second half saw ETC completely dominating the game, some fantastic passing led to a shot that hit the crossbar from Lola. In the closing stages of the game, a good passing move that again started in defence found Shantelle; who converted to make it 3-0. A truly magnificent performance from the girls, if only there were more people to witness the event.
MOM- JASMIN IZZARD “a startling performance!! A rock at the back of our 3 man defence”.
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