LEAGUE
HOCKEY
PLASHET HOCKEY CLUB
Plashet
1 Vs Old Southendians 1
1 - 4
This week, Plashet played host to Old
Southendian, who had got off to a good start to the season and
were sitting 3rd in the table with all games won thus
far.
As the game got underway, Plashet were
treated to a rude awakening as the opposition were well organised,
playing quick, precise and pressurised hockey. With little time to
settle on the ball and adjust to the game, Plashet were unable to
find their natural free flowing game from the start. Within 10 to
15 minutes of the game it began to open up, although
O.Southendians were working tirelessly to close down the men in
orange and break down play, they were unable to really create any
clear cut chances in the first half. However, Plashet were able to
create chances of their own and test the exposed oppositions’
defenders on several occasions, but found the opposition
goalkeeper in fine form, literally throwing his body at every shot
on goal and making some miraculous saves. With around 10 minutes
left of the first half, Plashet took the lead after some route one
hockey, Sukhvinder Singh threw an aerial ball deep into O.S half
where two defenders were unable to deal with the ball, this
allowed Himmat Singh to gather the ball and drive towards the
opposition goal, as the advancing keeper was about to make a
challenge, Himmat slipped the ball square to Inderjeet Singh who
took the ball in his stride and neatly tuck the ball into the
bottom right hand corner.
To the second half, Plashet restarted the game
with more purpose, the game was more open and both teams were able
to attack more freely. Again, Plashet were relentless on attacking
the O.S goal and had chance after chance to increase their goal
tally, but it really was to be the day of the Southendian shot
stopper as he kept out everything Plashet were throwing at him.
With a slender 1 nil lead, and the end to end hockey being played,
O.S pulled a goal back through a short corner strike, and then
increased their lead shortly after to 2 – 1, after some sloppy
defending from Plashet. As Plashet pushed further forward to find
an equaliser, more gaps were left in the orange defence and
inevitably O.S scored once again, and straight rubbed further salt
into the wound when they made it 4 – 1 with 10 minutes left.
Thereafter, the opposition defended deep and gave all they had to
prevent Plashet from scoring any further goals, and were rewarded
with a good win in this top of the table clash as they had played
well for the victory.
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