Quality finishing makes the difference
This was our fifth attempt this season to play Redfern and finally the rain Gods allowed the game to proceed.
There was concern that we would have enough players for kickoff as number were running late but everyone made it and we started with a strong side.
We started well and were passing ok despite the wet ball from the dew. Redfern were up to it and also had a solid squad. It was obvious game plan was to put the ball in front of the Falcon for him to run onto and he was caught offside a couple of times early on.
Unfortunately after les than 20 minutes, Rod jerked his back and had to go off with Jimmy coming on to hold midfield. Soon after Dennis wasn't feeling right and went off with Jimmy now moving to the back.
We had a letoff when a shot deflected off Jimmy but Karl was alert and dived full stretch to push it behind
These changes upset the side balance and a very simple through ball to the Falcon allowed him skip clear of a stationary defence and fire past Karl, 1-0.
We countinued to play reasonably well marking a number of good changes from neat passing moves but all went the wrong side of the posts. But we were now soft in defensive midfield and Refern were able to come forward on numerous occasions. We had a let-off when one of their midfielders skyed his shot from 6 yards when a goal seemed certain - kudos to Karl for standing big and not committing
At halftime we were rather relaxed and confident while the Redfern squad yelled at each other.
Redfern came out strong and again our lack of a Defensive midfielder was helping, allowing Redfern time to shoot from outside the box with one effort finally on target and skipping past Karl on the wet grass into the corner
Redfern then started to self conbust with their midfileder booked for a bad tackle and then talked himself into a red.
There was still 20 minutes left and possibly a chance to get something out of this.
Redfern pull all but one back and defended in numbers, shutting down all attacking avenues
With a few minutes left they managed another throughball to the striker who got a lucky touch to take the ball past the defender and finish 3-0
Disappointing result for a game that was evenly balanced for 60 minutes but still all to play for
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