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Our intentions were clear from the
start as a lively opening saw us have 3 attempts on goal
inside the first 2 minutes. Having set our stall out, we
enjoyed the lion’s share of possession throughout and
had we have been more composed in front of goal we would
have scored more on the night.
Once again the pairing of Smy and
Baldry had the better of their defenders and it was the
former that opened the scoring when Culf released him
through the middle to casually lob the advancing keeper.
The Diss goalkeeper was kept busy throughout the first
half with Baldry and Roots having shots saved in the
opening quarter of an hour before he was beaten again on
20 minutes when Smy rounded him after being sent clear
by an exquisite pass from Hammond who was sublime all
night from left back having never played there before!!
Further efforts again rained in from
Baldry, Smith and Smy as our passing and possession
proved too good for our hosts who had to wait until
40minutes before getting the better of Thickett and
Caraccio who stood in well at centre-half before
advancing on U16 keeper Beard who had to stand up and
save from their 1st real attack. There was still time in
the half for Smith to outpace everyone down the right to
set up Baldry who lost his footing at the crucial time
and then Smith himself crashed a free-kick against the
bar from a free-kick which he had earnt from another of
his rampaging runs.
Having been disappointed perhaps not
to add to our tally in the first half, we got off to a
great start in the second with a nice little move down
the right seeing Smy find his captain Baldry at the near
post who slotted home a deserved goal for his hard work
throughout. He could have added to that a little later
on when Hammond drove forward down the left before
slipping him in but the keeper was alert and got to the
shot and then forced him wide to allow his defence back
to help clear. The skipper though was involved in the
4th when he chased a ball from Smith, got to the byeline
to cut it back for the advancing Baillie who forced it
home from short range to reward his unselfish play in
the game.
Acland and Seaman joined the game in
place of Booth & Smith and further chances came and went
but with some of the play getting sloppy at times. This
culminated in the last minute when Diss were able to
score a consolation which came from our own sloppiness
but this result will do the squad the world of good as
they can look back on the last two weeks knowing we have
performed well, what we are capable of but also the
threats posed by not focusing on the job throughout.
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