LEAGUE HOCKEY
PLASHET HOCKEY CLUB

Plashet Vs Harlow 1



5 - 1

Harlow 1 travelled to Robert Clack Leisure Centre in Dagenham this week, to face Plashet on their home pitch. With a rather disappointing game with Essex last week, Plashet hoped to lift their game and regain their confidence and morale.
            
Plashet started the game off wanting to get back to winning ways after last weeks shock defeat. Plashet dominated and dictated the play, this was evident as they played the ball around the ground with precision looking to carve the Harlow defence open. After much pressure the first goal came for Plashet as the centre back, Sandeep Singh ran through the middle of the pitch to pass to Himmat Singh who slotted the ball passed the advancing Harlow keeper. 

Plashet did not take their foot off the gas as they applied further pressure and maintained much of the possession, with 10 minutes left of the first half, Gurdeep Singh, Plashet's youngest player struck the ball home to give Plashet a 2 nil cushion. There was still time in the first half for another Plashet goal, Taran Singh; another of Plashet's youngsters neatly slotted the ball passed the keeper after some intricate build play from the right hand side. The half time whistle blew, and this was definitely a half that Plashet did not want to end as they were in complete control of the game. 

Although there was a short interval, Plashet maintained their hold on the game in the second half and carved out several chances, with several Plashet players wasting chances and guilty of  being woeful with their shooting. With a dominating performance in the midfield, Inderjeet Singh showed some neat stick work that was far too much to handle for the Harlow defence, 10 minutes into the second half, he managed to trick his way into the D and make himself some room to strike a crisp shot which went thundering passed the keepers left glove. 

The game was still being dictated by Plashet although there were some rare ventures by the Harlow forwards into the Plashet half which the defence were able to deal with comfortably. More precision passing and movement from the Plashet team increased their tally to 5 as once again Taran Singh was in the right place to slide the ball into the empty net after the Harlow keeper had been committed after an earlier shot on goal. 

With only minutes left on the clock, Plashet awarded Harlow with an absolute gift as they managed to break down the right channel and get the ball into area where the solemn Harlow front man was waiting to score a late consolation goal. Albeit a late goal had been conceded, Plashet dominated proceeding from the start, and this was much assistance to a free flowing game the umpires allowed as they were both tremendous and upheld a friendly game