1st X1 Match Report

FDMC CENTRAL FINANCE (1) v Woodleigh (0)

WINNING UGLY

FDMC Central Finance continued with their winning habit gaining a very hard fought and scrappy three points whilst showing that along the way to success sometimes you have to "win ugly".

In a ferocious wind that spoilt the game for both sides it was the Woodleigh team who started the better as they applied some good early pressure without threatening the goal. However, the home team played themselves right back into the game with patches of really neat football and some good controlled passing by Stephen KIBBY and Domenico SQUATRITI in the middle of midfield.

Width was proving the key to most of FDMC's success and it was Aarron HUESSER wide on the right and Shane GARNER wide on the left who started to stretch the visitors defence and they created a number of half chances that went begging. It was Morgan HALL who broke the deadlock with a curled a low driven free kick into the corner of the goal just before half time.

The second half proved to be patchy in quality as the ball seemed to just ping pong around the pitch without either team gaining control. Woodleigh frustrated their opponents by getting numbers behind the ball and it was FDMC who found it very hard to break them down. Morgan HALL went close hitting the cross bar from a corner kick and Tomas MOSQUERA saw three close range efforts narrowly miss the target after some excellent last ditch defending and a good save.

Woodleigh to their credit battled hard as they sensed an opportunity to grab a draw and they forced a succession of corner kicks late on in the game that put the FDMC Central Finance team under real pressure. However, strong defending and a fine save from keeper Stefan WALSH, after a long range effort, kept the visitors comfortably at bay.

But it was FDMC Central Finance who came out on top with a very important and well earned victory. One to forget and move on...that's life and that's football.