The Leopards travelled to luxurious Upchurch, as they faced Iwade Herons.

They again had a full squad, with Zach Williams missing out with his troublesome hip.

The Leopards started unusually slowly and were on the back foot for the opening 10-15 minutes.

The hosts had a good opportunity as Josh's backpass was a bit short, leaving Ryan stranded in no mans land, but the strikers lofted effort sailed wide of the goal.

Iwade took a deserved lead as Ollie's sliced clearance fell to the Iwade forward and he drilled past Ryan from a tight angle.

Michael then got a sight of goal as Will's ball into the found him in the centre of goal, but as he swivelled to shoot he couldn't quite get his foot round the ball and it skewed wide.

The hosts then doubled their advantage as a left wing cross was behind their forward, he flung his foot backwards and it sliced of his heel and in off the far post.

At half time the boys were subdued and look defeated. It needed some positive words to get them motivated.

The Leopards started the Second Half strongly, winning their battles in midfield and enjoying more possession.

They were rewarded with a well worked set piece. Will's right wing flag kick was helped on by Vincent and Luke was on hand to slam home from close range.

The visitors nearly levelled soon after as Max fed Will on the edge of the box and his effort came back off the post.

The Leopards were now in confident mood, and Ollie, Ted and Benni were keeping the ball well in centre midfield while Connor and Callum were doing the same on the flanks.

Michael had another opportunity as Max played him in on goal, but the keeper did well to deny him as he tried to go round him.

Will then had a golden chance as Vincent played him in down the inside right channel and he bore down on goal before sliding his shot past the far post.

As the visitors pushed forward in search of an equalizer, that left more spaces at the back, but Josh, Teddy, Joseph and Brick were defending superbly, while Zach had done well to support them on a few occasions. While Ryan was swiftly off his line to avert any danger.

Jamie then decided to go all Kevin Keegan, pushing Joseph forward into midfield in a 2-5-3 formation, and the move paid dividends as Vincent went screaming down the right and his cross (missed Joseph's acrobatic overhead effort) feel to Ted at the back post, he sent the ball back across goal and it fell to Michael, yards out and he bundled home with seconds left on the clock.

Parents Player: Michael;
Coaches Player: Ted.

Coaches Thoughts
Really pleased with the attitude and determination in the Second Half and the boys got their reward in the end.
We need to have that same fight for all 70 minutes and there is no doubt we will start turning these performances into wins.

Real 60 Football Club

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