The Leopards faced a tough task as they opened their account in 2020 as they hosted unbeaten league leaders Omega.

The hosts were missing Vincent but had Ryan back between the sticks.

Both sides started strongly and you could see this was going to be a good battle.

Omega started to find a few openings as the half progressed but the Leopards back 3 of Josh, Teddy & Elliot were defending superbly to contain the lively Omega forwards.

The Leopards then started to get a foothold in midfield, with Zach W, Joseph and Ollie getting on the ball.

And it was the hosts who created the first opportunity as an excellent team move starting on the left with Connor who found Joseph inside, he drove forward and found Zach M on the edge of the box, he played in the overlapping Callum whose shot went wide of the near post.

The Leopards then had a bit of pressure winning a few corners which were superbly delivered by Ollie but wouldn’t fall for us.

Into the Second Half and the visitors broke the deadline, as the Leopards tried to play out from the back and the clearance was blocked and fell to their forward who tucked past Ryan.

This didn’t deflate the Leopards as they continued to play some excellent football, and it nearly paid dividends as Elliot, Teddy & Ollie worked the ball out from by their own corner flag, found Joseph in midfield then out to Jacko on the left who played Zach M in down the left channel who cut inside before the ball broke to Max whose shot was blocked.

The visitors then doubled their lead as their defender scored unmarked from a corner.

Up front, Luke & Max were working hard to battle against the 6 defenders the visitors now had in operation.

As the Leopards pushed forward chasing a goal, Omega had a couple of opportunities to extend their lead but Ryan saved superbly when a goal looked inevitable.

Parents Player: Teddy
Coaches Player: Ryan

Coaches Thoughts
Overall a very good performance from the boys, and against weaker opposition we would have been comfortable winners.
Really pleasing after having so many boys at training on Saturday, they displayed the things we had been working on in training. And the more boys we can get at training, the more we can work with them to develop and improve.

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