U9 Calcio Talent and Select - Riverside Elite

U9 Rosso 5-4 win V Riverside Elite

Overall, a great team performance and a well deserved win. I thought we were by far the better team and should have been way more comfortable in the game than the score line suggests. In the 1st & 2nd half I was really impressed with our desire to win the ball back and our pressing high, man to man worked well. Which is something we worked on in training. Also our team play and in possession work on the ball was good, we made great decisions on the ball and scored some nice goals.

However, in the 3rd half I feel we got complacent as a team and put ourselves in a more difficult position than we should have been. As a team we had a discussion at the end of the game and mentioned what went well in the 1st & 2nd half and what we needed to do better in the 3rd half and the importance of staying consistent and setting the standards throughout the whole game, in terms of effort, work rate and decision making - working as a team.

My MOTM goes to Ronan, not just for his hat-trick but for setting the standard in terms of work rate, pressing and helping to bring players into the game with some great decision making. Overall, another great team performance from Calcio Rosso, good progress made 🙌

Match Stats:

Ronan ⚽️⚽️⚽️

Jayden ⚽️🅰️

Louie ⚽️

Jaycob 🅰️🅰️

Ty 🅰️