Another heavy defeat for the ‘A’s on Saturday puts them into the wrong half of Junior Division Two.
Missing key players in defence and particularly in goal the ‘A’s young and inexperienced side were undone by sloppy defending to go behind in the tenth minute. Failing to clear from the edge of their penalty area the Crescent left midfielder was allowed to cut in at run at the defence without really being challenged dispatching a low drive past the stand in keeper Alfie Brown. Ten minutes minutes later it was 2-0 when after initially winning the ball back on the edge of his box, James Denison tried to play out from the back, and with the pass on wide to Andy Zaharia out on the right, he took one touch too many and was caught in possession, and once again the ‘A’s found the ball nestling in the back of their net.
The ‘A’s then got their act together and began to pass the ball around with accuracy and confidence and looked like an altogether different team. The ball was moved across the midfield from left to right and right to left but they lacked cutting edge and for all their good build up play failed to create a clear cut chance. The ‘A’s finished the half on top but their sloppy start meant going in at half time with it all to do. Dimitry Tarlet was brought into the game for the injured Chris Denison at half time. Dimitry and midfielder Alex Adams making their debuts for the club. The ‘A’s started the second half brightly, Tarlet very lively up front and Adams settling into the game but the ‘A’s again having no real cutting edge in the final third. As the half went on, gaps started to appear in the ‘A’s defence and they began to get stretched as they tried to get back into the game. Luke Sullivan and the excellent Paul Mildon were doing their utmost to keep the deficit to two but tired legs and heads let Crescent seal the win when a free kick to the right of the penalty area was allowed to be taken short, the ball being squared to the penalty spot and fired into the net. It was soon four as the ‘A’s midfield started to forget their defensive duties and leave the back four exposed, a quick break from the Crescent attack being fired into the roof of the net and sealing the win for Crescent. A heavy scoreline but one that flattered Crescent. The ‘A’s played some excellent football and have a young exciting squad. A little naive maybe, but full of potential and lots to look forward to for the rest of the season.
