BOYS SOCCER: Ambrit - St George's 2-5 (at least....!)

St George's brought a crack team of 8th graders and gave Ambrit a runaround on their home pitch today.

FIRST HALF (Ambrit 1-4 St George's)
St Georg's played an excellent passing game, ball on the ground all the time, ball back to the 'keeper when needed, lots of movement off the ball. Ambrit chased them.
Michael began slowly and was taken by surprise for two goals but he finished the half strongly and kept out a few shots that seemed certain to go in.
Luca had difficulty finding the right position early on too, but when he put more pressure on his opposite number, he cut out the threat from midfield more effectively.
Stuart was always a threat going forward and it was he who nabbed Ambrit's goal; he also hit the crossbar just before the break.
But it was Pietu, playing in the centre of Ambrit's defence, who was our best player today by far.
Great positioning, strong tackling, quick clearances: fantastic performance.
1st half team: Michael; Alex K, Pietu, Max; Luca R (capt), Francesco R, Noah G; Stuart.

SECOND HALF (Ambrit 1-10 St George's)
A more inexperienced team had great trouble containing St George's in the second half. Stuart came back on to rescue a consolation goal for Ambrit.
2ndhalf team: Octavio; Mateo, Andrew, Filippo T; Laith, Sam, Alex V (Noah I); Giovanni.