U9's Whites v West End Wasps KO Cup Sat 28th Jan

Stalybridge Celtic Whites 4-1 West End Wasps By Phil Read
The Whites were not their usual selves this week and were slow to get going against a lively start by the opposition. Straight from the kick off the Wasps took a shot which hit the crossbar. Alex and Nic had to be alert in defence, and Luke provided a good outlet on the right wing. The first half then evolved in to a midfield battle with the only notable chances being a header from Callum that hit the post and another chance to the Wasps that was matched by a fine save from Josh. However, the Whites eventually showed signs of settling down and before half time Shay got his head to a cross from Jack to put the Whites 1:0 up. The Whites started the second half brightly and despite one scare early on pressed on and were soon 2:0 up with a fine free kick by Rhys. He was also unlucky moments later with floated shot clipping the wrong side of the cross bar. Sam on at half time, had to be versatile playing a couple of different positions with second half injuries to Alex and Shay. Midway through the half Jack extended the lead to 3:0 and whist the Wasps managed to pull one goal back with 5 minutes to go Callum wrapped up a man of the match performance with the final goal of the game to see the Whites through to the semi-finals 4:1.

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