Bombastic B Cup Game - February 2, 2013

Bombastic B won 3-1 against the Langley Lush Puppies at Van Tech turf in their second Cup game.

Game Summary from Hugh:

Bombastic B won our second straight cup match 3-1 over the Langley Lush Puppies. It was an impressive effort, and we clearly were the better team, but the result was not secured until late in the second half. We started a bit slowly but soon began to generate chances. Laurie knocked in some nice corner kicks that were often only knocked down by their keeper resulting in a bunch of goalmouth scrambles that we could not manage to put in. Gagan hit a great left footer wide of left post. Marta beat a defender and the keeper only to frustratingly put her shot off the post. At about 30 minutes Maggie put in a good low cross that resulted in another scramble - this time Marta was able to find it an put it in. Langley had few chances until the referee gifted them a free kick from about 25 yards out; the Langley player made a great shot over our wall. 1-1 at half.

 

Play was fairly even at the end of the first half and the start of the second, but we could see they were getting tired and we slowly began to take over to the point where the ball was rarely in our half. We had a number of chances but none of them were really 'grade a'. It was looking like one of those games where we might not find a way to break through. It didn't help that the referee was making some strange calls. Finally, with about 15 minutes left, Marta dropped back to just inside their half and played a great pass to Maggie who made a fantastic run catching Langley's backline flat-footed. Maggie made no mistake on the breakaway. A few minutes later, Sarah was the first to get to a bobbled ball from their goalkeeper after Laurie hit a solid free kick.

Goals:

Marta - 1

Maggie - 1

Sarah - 1

Three stars of the game:

1. Marta - a classic Marta effort; you could see the determination in her eyes "there's no way we are not winning this game" - scored and set up the winner

2. Maggie - had a number of great crosses in the first half and then scored a beauty of a winning goal

3. Laurie - as usual the whole backline played great - all were stars in my book - but Laurie gets the nod due all of her great free kicks and corners