12/15/2023 0 Comments Flick footballInside the first twenty minutes the visitors just didn’t have any idea of how to crack the Darts’ defence and any attacks, which were few, were thwarted by the efficient back four of Charlie Torry, Jo, Georgie and Meghan. The ball ran loose, just a yard or so from the goal-line but the keeper made a brave save, but still the ball was loose in front of goal but Paris, off balance and falling to the ground just couldn’t get her leg around the ball enough to touch it over the line and Abingdon scrambled it away for another corner.Ībingdon survived the corner and tried to get their midfield into play but so often Darts were quicker to the ballĪnd able to feed good passes out to both wings. Meghan played it short to Nicha who got over a great cross into the box and the ball landed near Shannon, who turned and got a touch on the ball to Jo Woodgates who had joined in the fray. On nine minutes, Shannon Wason received the ball in the centre-circle and played a great ball out to Shauni on the right-wing who took on the Abingdon defender who conceded a corner. 1-0Ībingdon played a couple of searching balls down the right-wing but Meghan and Georgie Davis were equal to them. A dream start for the Darts, and a dreadful defensive display by the visitors. The pass was too weak and was intercepted by Emily Vaughan whose first touch diverted the ball into the goal, just inside the right-hand post. Nicha’s powerful and determined running almost scared the life out of the defender who attempted to play the ball across the goal. In the second minute the Abingdon keeper had to be alert to the threat of Emily Vaughan’s shot on target and two minutes later a throw-in from Meghan to Emily Vaughan set up Paris whose shot on target took a wild deflection and went out for a corner. It should have been a wake-up call for Abingdon but over the next ten minutes or so it was clear that their defence did not like Darts’ harrowing tactics of chasing down the ball, and the defenders very nearly fell victim of losing the ball close to goal when, in turn, Paris, Nicha Dyett, Emily Vaughan and Shauni, hurried them into mistakes and bad passing out of defence. Her high shot from the right diagonal of the box beat the goalie but just cleared the crossbar by inches. A throw-in to Paris Smith was returned to Meghan McKeag who produced a great cross into the penalty area and was partially cleared but only as far as Shauni Griffiths. The first shot of the day was Dartford’s and was in the very first minute. In the first half Darts really dominated their higher league opponents and went into the break with a two-goal lead, which could so easily have been four on another day, such was their dominance in this game. Playing in the 1 st round proper for the second successive season Darts produced a wonderful performance and any ‘floating’ supporter would have reckoned on the team in yellow and blue being the underdogs.
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