[JonInMiddleGA]

Aug 31, 2013
Blyth (1-1-2, 14th BSBN) vs Hyde (1-0-3, 20th BSBN)

We're 1-1-0 against them lifetime and are 6:4 favorites today at home. We'll play 4-4-2 Diamond Standard to start.

GK: McDonald
D: Henderson, Paul, Williamson, Purvis
MF: Whitaker, Bembo-Leta, Sawyer, Paratore
ST: Mutero, Cofie
Available Subs: (Slaughter, Wignall, Christensen, Nwachuku, Dovey)

16' - Defense got out of position, gave up an easy goal (0-1)
22' - Mutero dribbles across the top of the area, launched a low drive from the arc ... GOAL ! (1-1)
26' - Paratore with a short run ... spots Cofie outside the arc ... fires ... GOAL ! (2-1)
Halftime - We've been outshot 10-2 ... but here we are in front, with only 39% of poss. We've picked up three yellow cards (Wililamson, Bembo-Leta, Paratore) so I remind those guys to be careful here. We'll try Counter for a while, see if that works.

58' - Whitaker hangs a corner up ... Cofie is there ... (3-1)
68' - Switch to 4-4-1-1 ... Sub Wignall (for Paratore), Nwachuku (for Bembo-Leta)
71' - Sub Slaughter (for Purvis, knocked)
81' - Cross from the left, header out in front, Hyde is back in it (3-2) ... switch to contain, let's hold on here
86' - McDonald turns a long shot behind & gives up a corner ... he saves the ensuing diving header
89' - 3 mins added
91' - They're in 2-on-1 ... offside
Fulltime: Blyth 3 - Hyde 2

Got outshot 15-4 on just 43% poss, only 63% passing (44% from the back row) ... and won anyway. Thanks for the three points.

McDonald 6.8
Henderson 6.8+1a, Paul 6.8, Williamson 6.9, Purvis 6.9
Whitaker 6.9+1a, Bembo-Leta 6.9, Sawyer 6.8, Paratore 6.9+1a
Mutero 8.3+1g, Cofie 8.8+MOM+2g
Subs: Wignall (69') 6.7, Nwachuku (69') 6.5, Slaughter (73') 6.5

Aug 31, 2013 (postmatch)
Those were the first league goals for Cofie, the first for Mutero as well. Postmatch presser includes Hyde whining about a non-penalty call, I thought it was called exactly right.