Poached!
My first game back in Britain wasn't exactly clash of the titans, but Rocester and Oadby served up an entertaining enough game, which ended in a 2-2 draw.
Dean Smith put the visitors ahead with a cleverly worked move, that they had obviously worked on at the training ground.However, Lee Bagley put the home team level when he was left unmarked on the far post on 15 minutes.
What followed on for most of the game was a battle in the middle of the field with some breakaways and hard tackling in the centre of the pitch. For the most part Rocester looked like the better team, but they couldn't beat the off-side trap. However, on 81 minutes Rory Maxwell capitalised on a defensive error by Oadby, and it looked like The Poachers would be heading back to Leicestershire without any points.
All Rocester had to do was keep possession and despite attempts to do this they continued to give free kicks away in the corners and fail to look comfortable on the ball when it was in the middle of the pitch. In the end they paid for this lack of calmness, as White scored on 89 minutes for the visitors and in stoppage time they even looked like they could pinch all the points. Nevertheless, the game ended 2-2 and both teams had to be satisfied with a share of the points.
Dean Smith put the visitors ahead with a cleverly worked move, that they had obviously worked on at the training ground.However, Lee Bagley put the home team level when he was left unmarked on the far post on 15 minutes.
What followed on for most of the game was a battle in the middle of the field with some breakaways and hard tackling in the centre of the pitch. For the most part Rocester looked like the better team, but they couldn't beat the off-side trap. However, on 81 minutes Rory Maxwell capitalised on a defensive error by Oadby, and it looked like The Poachers would be heading back to Leicestershire without any points.
All Rocester had to do was keep possession and despite attempts to do this they continued to give free kicks away in the corners and fail to look comfortable on the ball when it was in the middle of the pitch. In the end they paid for this lack of calmness, as White scored on 89 minutes for the visitors and in stoppage time they even looked like they could pinch all the points. Nevertheless, the game ended 2-2 and both teams had to be satisfied with a share of the points.
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