Wingate & Finchley 2 Lewes 2

 Last Saturday I was down in London so decided to go to Wingate & Finchley v Lewes in the Isthmian Premier. At the start of the day the two teams were placed in 8th and 9th, so it was always likely to be a close game.

At the start the poor weather conditions made it hard for either team to dominate, but Lewes at least to me looked the more assured of the two teams. Therefore when Wingate & Finchley took the lead on a counter attack on half after half an hour it did come as a bit of a surprise. However, the Finchley scorer Ogo Obi made it 21 for the season so far, so it definitely doesn't pay to give him a chance.

The remaining 15 minutes of the half were played in atrocious conditions which seemed to suit the hosts more as they tried to build on their lead and could have if there hadn't been a foul on the keeper and Obi hadn't missed another good chance ( despite what I just said!).

The second half continued to be fairly even, and Lewes looked pretty tight in defence, but a rush of blood to the head of the Lewes goalkeeper on the hour mark saw Jaiden  Drakes - Thomas double the lead when the keeper came out and was left stranded.

To be honest, I thought that the teams were fairly evenly balanced but I didn't really foresee what happened in the last 10 minutes, although I did think at times the Finchley defence did look like they were there for the taking. With 10 minutes remaining Danny Bassett halfed the lead from the spot after a foul from the W&F left back, who was making his debut. Gianluca Botti completed the comeback in the final minute of the game with a bullet header. However, in stoppage time there was still time for some drama when W&F missed a penalty of their own skying it into the cold North London air.

A draw to me felt about right and it was a really entertaining game.











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