The Leopards travelled to face New Road in looking to extend their winning run.

They were without Josh, Ted & Hayden so only had 2 subs.

The visitors started slowly and went behind early on as a long range effort gave Tommy no chance as it flew into the top corner.

The Leopards were soon level with a move straight off the training ground Phillip flicked on Zach’s throw, Jack played it into Paul who held it before playing into Captain Jack’s path and he slotted home with his left foot.

The visitors went close a couple of times, first Phillip got down the outside and Paul couldn’t quite stretch far enough to keep his effort down.

Then Benni did superbly in the byline, he squared the ball to Joe at the back post who fired just over with his right foot.

New Road then started to control possession and Tommy was called into action, making an excellent save from a header from point blank range.

Into the Second Half and some choice words from the coaching team, got the desired response as Phillip won his header in midfield then Luke flicked on into Paul’s path, he steadied himself before sidefooting past the keeper.

The hosts continued to have the majority of possession which led to us to change to a 4-4-1-1 with Jack dropping into CB and Benni playing as a CAM.

The Leopards continued defend well with the back 4 of Mitch, Jack, Peter & Brick defending the box superbly, protected by Zach, Ben, Phillip & Connor.

With the hosts down to 10 due to a sin bin, the Leopards put the result to bed, as Tommy looked up, saw Paul making a run in behind and booted the ball really hard. Paul latched onto the long ball, and lifted it over the stranded keeper with his shin and into the net.

(Grand) Parents Player: Tommy;
Coaches Player: Ben.

Coaches Thoughts
After a below par first half, great credit to the boys for turning it around and winning the game relatively comfortably in the end.
Lots of big performances in that Second Half and rewarded with another win.
Really pleased the boys are continuing to get the rewards for their efforts!

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