Well.........we certainly made hard work of it but got there in the end and think we we're deserved winners. We were really poor in the first half giving yet another soft goal away from a corner; we really need to work on this some more!
Second half was much improved, especially when we changed to 3-5-2, and the equaliser came through a brilliantly controlled long range shot over the keeper by Alfie. Despite dominating we couldn't get the winner and extra time saw bit of a stalemate with so many tired legs so penalties it was.
It's not easy taking a penalty in a shoot out so well done to all those who stepped up to take one; there's no disgrace in missing - like I said yesterday even Ronaldo and Messi do sometimes! Fortunately, we had Ollie who replicated his heroics in the cup final at St James Park a couple of seasons ago and pulled off some superb saves to put us through and for that reason has to get the Man of the Match award - well done Ollie!
Other mentions go to George and Zac B who were excellent at the back.
Due to such a busy week of football and being back to school, i'm also aware several of you are struggling with knocks, I think it's sensible to cancel training tomorrow night so you can all rest up a bit. Instead there will be training at KGV on Wednesday 6.30pm to 7.30pm. Exeter School on Monday, 7pm to 8pm will commence the following week.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend and look forward to seeing you Wednesday.
Jon
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