The Leopards once again played host as they welcomed a strong Iwade Herons side to a showery Borstal.

Teddy picked up an injury at cricket in the morning so was unavailable for selection, as the hosts were otherwise at full strength.

The Leopards started strongly with Ollie, Ted & Zach getting on top in midfield.

And it was two of them that contributed to opening the scoring. Ollie vicious free kick from the inside right channel was beat away by the keeper, as far as Zach Mitchell on the edge of the box he sent a curling effort which took a slight deflection on it's way into the roof of the net.

The visitors tried to force their way back into the game but the back 3 for Josh, Joseph & Brick were defending superbly. With Ollie May as solid as ever in nets.

The visitors then scored twice in 8 minutes as the Leopards twice failed to deal with left wing corners and Iwade bundled home from the close range.

Up front, Max, Luke and Hayden were battling hard to maintain possession against a strong defence.

Into the Second Half and the Leopards again started strongly and it wasn't long before they levelled, as Ryan monster kick was nodded past the keeper by Jones and Tinde was there to poke into the empty net (just!).

In midfield, Zach Williams and Benni were showing some lovely touches, while Connor and Callum were working hard down the flanks.

And minutes later the hosts deservedly took the lead from the spot following an unfortunate handball. Jones stepped up and sent the keeper the wrong way as he tucked it into the bottom left corner.

The Leopards were once again undone by 2 goals from corners in the last 10 minutes, as a scrambled effort was followed by a good header for the second.

Coaches Thoughts
Overall a good performance against a very decent side, we fought back from 2-1 down to take the lead but undone by cheap goals from corners. With a performance like that and scoring 3 goals, we should be winning.
We defended very well in open play, played some good football through midfield and looked a threat going forward. Just need to work on winning our battles in our penalty area.

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