Benna Boyz combined to get the 2nds back to winning ways
Thursday 21 February 2013
Three UEL football debutants on show today, right back Jonathon John, winger Emmanuel Kadiki and Antiguan & Barbudan international striker Kiernan Hughes-Mason. Three others had their first outing for the second team winger John Silva, midfielder Brandon Manoka and striker Alan Egunyemi. A tight start to the game, until Antiguan & Barbudan international, skipper Craig Heskey took matters into his own hand. He drove at the defence, pulled it back and whipped in a wicked cross that past two Hertfordshire defenders and landed to debutant and co Benna Boy Hughes-Mason who lashed his shot past the helpless goalkeeper. 1-0 to the blues. Not long after great work from the boys, they grafted another chance with Egunyemi forcing a save from the keeper which then led to a corner kick. Silva who scored on his debut for the third team last week, whipped in a sweet cross and there was Randy Kaza to get his first goal for UEL with a bullet header at the back post to make it 2-0. Hertfordshire continued to press for goals which lead to last ditch defending from Kaza and Luqman Adesina, but at half time the score was 2-0 to UEL.
With a very slow start to the second half Hertfordshire continued to try and open up a well organised UEL back four. Hughes-Mason was pulling strings all game and carved out a opportunity for Rick Goldsbrough to open his account but forced a smart reaction save from the goalkeeper. Hertfordshire looked dangerous from corners and scored from a resulting corner 2-1. UEL came back out all guns blazing, Kadiki was causing havoc down the left hand side, and Jamie Hawthorn slipped in behind the defence and with his weaker foot smashed his shot in the bottom far corner. Surely game over for Hertfordshire? The action didn’t stop there. Keeper Ali Wood played a short pass to Heskey who played a brilliant long pass into the path of Kiernan Hughes-Mason who intelligently played a first time cross into the open Hawthorn who saw his shot denied by the post. With the last 10 minutes being very heated and intense, Hertfordshire carved another goal from a corner, again sloppy defending from the UEL team. It was too little too late for Hertfordshire as UEL’s professionalism showed to see out the win. Final score 3-2.
Team: Ali Wood; Jonathon John, Randy Kaza, Luqman Adesina, Hassan Osman (Subbed for Brandon Manoka, 46); Craig Heskey ©, Rick Goldsbrough, Damien Connery, John Silva (Subbed for Emmanuel Kadiki, 65); Kiernan Hughes-Mason, Alan Egunyemi (subbed for Jamie Hawthorn, 70)
Subs not used: Terence Bristol
Goals: Kiernan Hughes-Mason, Randy Kaza, Jamie Hawthorn
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