12.11.16

Saturday 12 November: Ambrit Win First Matches in RISA League

Ambrit came racing out of the traps for the first round of the RISA league and they won both of their matches against AOSR.
In the first match against 'AOSR 1', Daniel opened the scoring after just 1 minute, giving us a glimpse of the energetic, alert play that would give his team attacking options all morning.
The lead lasted only 3 minutes though, a quick AOSR attack bringing them an equaliser.
Anthony then forced a save from the goalkeeper, Daniel shot over from close range and then he hit the bar with an acrobatic affort from the left. But a goal was on the way...!
It arrived when Daniel played Anthony through with a well-weighted pass and Anthony scored.
Again though, the lead was short-lived and AOSR equalised 2' later.
Ambrit kept pouring forward and, on the 16th minute, Lorenzo shimmied his marker and shot in from a narrow angle: 3-2!
The last 9 minutes were tense and either team might have scored but then, as the crowd looked on anxiously, Daniel settled the nerves with another well taken goal to produce a final score of Ambrit 4-2 AOSR - a win made possible by a good team effort and some selfless defence by Elias, Gavyn and Louis.


In the second match, Ambrit were caught cold and went 1-0 down after two minutes when AOSR scored from a long free kick. After 6 minutes, Anthony pounced on a loose ball and slammed home a lovely equaliser and Daniel made it 2-1 just 1 minute later.
Their opponents were now reeling and Anthony then slid a beautiful pass through two defenders to take advantage of Daniel's movement and it was 3-1 after 8 minutes! Riccardo's pass to Daniel opened up a chance to make it 4-1 but
then the game settled down as AOSR played themselves back into it. The visitors were awarded a freee kick on minute 15 and their number 11 - an excellent player - drilled it in to make it 3-2. But Ambrit were in not in the mood to allow their opponents a foothold and the re-introduction of Ascanio in defence gave them a platform to move forward with confidence. Daniel and Thomas whacked in two more goals to make it 5-2 after 23 minutes. However the action was not over and AOSR gave their hosts a fright with two late goals to give a final score of Ambrit 5-4 AOSR.

TEAM: Ascanio (C), Louis, Gavyn, Elias, Lorenzo, Anthony, Thomas, Daniel, Riccardo

See also 'RISA League 2016-17' page on this blog for Full Results and Classification

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