Bats oap kicked off to start the game, a win for bats being the only possible out come according to the stats from previous meetings between these two clubs
Heath hustlers kept there shape nicely during the first few minutes and bats were unable to find a way threw. The defense and midfield were working in sync to keep the pressure on there opponents and keep them at bay. This is a style of football that seems to suit this squad so they have stuck with it. (if it anti broke don't fix it.)
From previous fixtures heath know that bats are a very strong team and the first goal would be crucail. So it was morale lifting when Rob score the first goal with in 5mins with one of his traid mark goals. Goal!! 1-0
Bats restarted the game and wernt prepared to let that goal make an impact on the game, within seconds they where attacking out on the wing and from no where bats struck the ball with a lot of power and a bit of hope from a fair distance, witch took a bounce infront of goal and seemed to curl at the last possible millasecond into the back of the net. Goal!! 1-1
The game then became anybodys and you could tell as they where at a stalemate, but as the play went on it seemed heath had something to prove as they broke into the opoistions half.
Heath received a corner. Sam played a short ball to rob who held the ball up before finding dale in plenty of space who was encouraged by the team to shoot, dale looked up and connected nicely with the ball witch seemed to curled at the very last second and beat the keeper to make the net boulge. Goal!! 2-1
Confidence was heigh amogst heaths squad. You could see this in the way they were attacking with 2 strikers followed by the back 3 to provide vital surport. Between the squad they gave the defenders a nitemare even Darryl and Greg who have bin rocks at the back this season were heavily involved in the attacking play on more than one occasion.
Darryl was controlling the defensive line and was doing a great job at applying the pressure high up the field, allowing attacking to follow a nice tackle or interception, Greg hooked the ball out from the oppoints feet and passed to rob who travelled up feild followed by greg who was shouting for the ball and as rob layed it off to him he released a cracker that look like the keeper had a good chance of saving it but there was to much pace on the ball and it slid under the keepers leg. Goal!! 3-1
Rob scored one of his usual goals nuff said. you score too many goals to remember them all mate. Goal!! 4-1 (Dales input Sams lack of)
Bats managed to catch heath on a brake, a player slipped his marker and found his way threw the defencive line into space between the keeper and defenders. His team were well aware of his run and played a short ball into the path of there striker. He controlled the ball with his first touch and tucked it in the back of the net with his second. Goal!! 4-2
Kieren has fitted in well to his defencive midfeild roll witch isn't a position he is used to but seems to be flourishing just in front of the deffencise line, aswell as still havening attacking quitlities to call upon when needed.
Heath Hustlers played with a rolling sub to help keep the players fresh.
Half time
Heath kicked off and played it around themselves as they new a win was on the card if they could just stand there ground and protect there goal. Greg noticed that there was space that had opened up in front of him and ran into it, this run was not unnoticed by his team mates as he received the ball to his feet from a nice pass, all that was left was for Greg to do was beat there defender and keeper, when the moment came he stayed calm and took his chance well to place the ball away from the keeper into the bottom left corner to his supprise as his line of sight was blocked. Goal!! 5-2
Bats oap were not happy with the way the game was going and knew they had to do something to change the amount of time heath had on the ball. Athough heath were not out-played bats managed to keep pushing forward and there hard work payed off when they got two goals back with in the space for 5mins, doing so they brang themselfs back into the game and gave themselves belief they could come back to win. Goal!! 5-3 Goal!! 5-4
Even as heath tired from fitness the hole team put in a great performance in defense. Every 1 was getting back and pulling there weight witch was vitail to keep the lead on the league leaders.(try say that 5 times fast then.) even Sam was running back and froth as usaual. Him and Jason seemed know each others games so well that as Sam ran just behind Jason and placed himself on the goal line, Jason ran out to apply pressure on the attacker and did so well, however the ball just slipped passed Jason hitting him on the way through, but Sam was there and got him self down to put his body in front of the ball on the goal line. However if that shot did beat the last man back then the game could of finished very differently.
Bats where desperate to level the game and even push for the win as they started to slow the game and keep hold of the ball, heath seemed to allow this to happen, but stuck with there man well and continuously closed the opposition down.
For the last 5mins every time Sam got the ball or made a run he had to realse it quickly as he was heavily mark by an oppositions player who seemed to want to push him to the ground at every chance, although Sam managed to stay on his feet he was pulled out of the game. The rest of team showed great team work and good skill to knucked down and keep the pressure on to denied bats any more goals.
But heath had 1 more trick up there sleeves and were on the attacking foot again as rob received the ball in his own half and began to counter up the wing with some pace all the way into a shooting position and let one rip also unknown to the opponents sam had pushed up the left hand side, it was a lovely shot by Rob, but the keeper found his form and reached the ball with a great diveing save, but the ball only fell as far as Sam who taped it into a open goal in the dieing seconds of the game to secure the win. Goal!! 6-4
The game bearly restarted before the whistle blew. Heath hustler had overcome all the odds to received there first win over bats oap in 4 games, and move up to 3rd place in the league. Can these under dogs challenge for the 1st or 2nd spot or will the 3 defeats they suffered earlier in the season affect there chances of silverware. Time will tell.
