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Big Match
Special
Our weekly spotlight on one
of the league’s big games
Under-9s North
Lyndhurst Lions 3
Crown and Manor 0
THE Lions of Lyndhurst moved to within three points
of league leaders St Pancras on Friday with a gritty victory
in the latest of our Big Match Specials.
With four key players ruled out through illness, Crown and Manor
were forced to play the entire match with just seven players.
But Crown didn’t make it easy as they defended in numbers,
with Jaffru Paul and Mehmet Guneysu both putting in gutsy performances.
Neither player could do anything about the opening goal though
as Lions took a deserved lead midway through the first half.
Piers Small saw his initial shot blocked in a crowded penalty
area, only for the ball to fall kindly for Rhys Trundell, who
fired home from close range.
Crown threatened on the break with midfielder turned striker
Alton Bell George proving a handful.
But any chance they had of getting something from the game didn’t
last as man-of-the-match Hammed Lawal scored a fine individual
goal shortly after the restart.
Picking up the ball in midfield, Lawal took on Crown’s
defence before opening up the space to fire a shot across a
stranded keeper.
Lions added a third late-on courtesy of a long-range effort
from Tommy Walford.
Man of the Match
HAMMED LAWAL
A constant threat with his tireless running and direct football.
Capped an energetic performance with the goal of the game. |
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