Murdoch Reserves 3-6 Shamrock Reserves
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008Murdochs early season title aspirations received a jolt this weekend when a strong Shamrock side gave a lesson in team play and decisiveness. Murdoch were off to a flyer when the first attack of the game saw Anthony Walsh bundled over for a penalty, which Flav converted against his old club. The lead was too easily gained and Murdoch failed to build on it. Within 10 minutes Shamrock had eqaulised when an inability to clear the lines saw a shot from wide of the area beat the keeper at the near post. Shamrock soon began to gain a foothold on the match and their target of hitting the big man up front paid off when the Murdoch defence allowed the forward space and time to run clear and leave the keeper with no chance.
At halftime the emphasis was on getting the basics right, these instructions fell on deaf ears as a poor clearance fell to the feet of the Shamrock leftback who let fly from distance to score the goal of the game. Murdoch eqaulized through a route one goal themselves when Anthony chased down a lost cause and got on the end of the ball to round the keeper and score. Murdochs lifeline did not last long as another defensive error left the keeper with no chance on a one on one situation. 4-2 became 5-2 as the Murdochs heads dropped. Flav pulled a consolation goal back from a great Luiz corner but the damage was done. The humiliation was complete when a short goal kick routine went straight to the Shamrock attacker who took the gift.
This result was a wake up call for the squad and hopefully will be learnt from as we really should be competing with these teams if we are serious about this season.
