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Owls produce stunning display
Oakwood Owls U-15s produced a stunning display of team football in their latest Soccer City Friday Premiership League game. Read match report here.
Oakwood Owls 8
Barca Athletic 2
Sixth-placed Barca began the match above Owls, but a solid defence kept Barcas lively forwards to one goal, before strikers Kinghorn & Rodley hit them early doors in a 4 goal 4 minute blitz. A stunned opposition were made to pay again in the 11th minute, when caught on the counter attack.
Kinghorn completed an early hat trick with a first time finish,after a quick pivot turn in front of goal to make it 5-1. Opponents Barca resorted to a physical game from here,with 5 double quick substitutions & the Owls were forced to battle out the final 14 minutes under intimidation & over the top physical challenges.
Barca again reduced the arrears on 17, when a lapse of concentration allowed an easy finish for their striker. Owls vice captain & defender Coldwell then went on a mazy dribbling run to fire an unstoppable shot past Barca keeper, beating him all ends up with his fantastic finish to make it 6-2 Owls.
In the final minutes Owino linked well with Rodley, who threaded a brilliant through pass to Kinghorn. The move again ripped Barcas defence apart, with Rodley scoring a virtuoso goal to end the contest.
A last minute flurry again saw Owls on the scoresheet, with Owino hitting a left driven thunderbolt from his own half to make a final score of Barca 2 Owls 8. The win moves Owls up to a respectable 4th in the table, with 5 games to go.
Manager Rod Christopher said: "The boys are playing with a loads of confidence right now & it's all very much a team effort. All of them know each others main strengths & weaknesses on the field & all we do is try to play to it. This knowledge can only help us as a unit. Our goalkeeper is currently on trial at Newcastle & Everton, but the whole team is playing some great stuff in front of him. I'm watching some high quality stuff from our boys & a lot of the time we are being forced to put up with over physical games due to our talented squad. Our opponents now see us as a massive scalp to be had.
"I'd like us to get more wins here & finish as high as we can & it's not impossible for us to end this campaign in the top 3, so we will go for it full throttle from here on. Given that we began the season 12 points adrift of all of the others - 3rd place would be a thrilling achievement for us in our very first season."
Squad: Leader; Coldwell; Owino; Kinghorn; Rodley (Capt)
Man-of-the-match: Leader & Kinghorn
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