GREAT WHITE SHARKS 5 (Vicky 4, Aisha)
BIRMINGHAM FUTSAL CLUB LADIES 2
National Women's Futsal FA Cup Qualifying League - December 11, 2013
ON the night of their
100TH LEAGUE GAME, Sharks finished off their latest season in style with a 5-2 thrashing of runners-up Birmingham FCL.
GWS completed a season's double over their opponents, and the match marked a return to form for Vicky Roe, who scored four goals to finish on 32 for the season.
There was nothing to lose for the Sharks and they went out hunting for meat.
The team looked hungry for a game which was quick-paced against their second-placed opponents.
Sharks brought the house down, creating pressure, making passes and working as a unit.
The Sharks looked good. Farzana continued to stand as the solid wall in defence, denying Bham goals with brilliant tackles and stops and creating chances with her sideline kicks.
Dee was on fire. The wheels were off and she was cutting off brilliant passes, even coming so close to scoring and finding herself on the floor on many occasions!
Aisha looked game, hungry for the ball, getting the ball through in attacks and she was on target with all headers.
Vicky, our Roadrunner scoring machine, got the party started by whizzing through all four opponents and scoring a screamer within 10 minutes.
The girls kept the pressure on, chasing down everything.
Bham A attempted many strong shots but Salma was solid too, putting her body on the line and stopping some hand-breaking hits.
She stopped goals flying in from high up and sliding out to stop shots.
Salma also found herself being winded at one point as she protected the net.
A goal came from the opponents in a similar fashion to Vicky's to make it 1-1.
The Sharks, with less than three minutes left, kept on battling, Vicky finding the net and registering their second.
HALF-TIME: 2-1 SHARKS
In the second half Sharks started as intended, shooting and keeping the ball in the right areas.
A short pass made by the Bham keeper didn't quite find the intended target and Aisha stole in to smash home her first goal.
Sharks now 3-1 up.
Still upping the tempo, Sharks found their opponents prepared to battle as well both teams claiming free kicks off collisions made during play.
Vicky was on her toes with everything, finding herself potting another for 4-1.
Another goal scored by Bham A score made it 4-2 with eight minutes left.
The Sharks held on. There was no time to waste or throw the game away now, and they continued to battle and play great Futsal.
Vicky scored the final goal at a good time to make the final score 5-2.
With this result the Sharks moved up to fourth, but with the Stone Army result not available up to midnight last night, it is still unclear where GWS finish.
The Sharks walked out really proud of themselves, beating Bham A twice this season.
Salma said: "If only the previous few games had produced better results and we'd won games we drew over the season, we would have finished close to the top.
"However it was a learning curve and tonight Sharks gave a glimpse of what is come next season with
THREE targets set...
1)
Win the League
2)
Qualify to Nationals
3)
Keep on Biting!!!
Believe xx"
