LCSFYL U14 SL 2025/2026 (London County Saturday Football Youth League) - Furzedown lions

3-2 loss. A game we did not deserve to lose but at the same time we were not good enough in 1) our own box 2) in creating clear openings and 3) our decisions when dribbling.

after being 2-1 up we conceded with 15 / 20 to go and then again with 5 to go from a penalty

the fundamentals of aggression, passion, hard work and off the ball running have all improved a lot.

our defending was good and we are improving on not letting ball bounce, communication and body position.

However most of the goals we have conceded in the two games I have been officially manager have been individual mistakes.

Their first goal could have been prevented had we defended their huge player better by preventing the cross and not engaging and losing out. We could have cleared the ball here too. Their second goal resulted from a missed clearance when 2-1 up and their third goal was from a penalty. You could argue it was a little unfair but we gave the ref a decision to be made. We could have come across and not taken the man out, but also our defender was covering for other players who were out of position.

yegor scored two good goals. Joshua played well at left back. We won the midfield battle with wuality and technique from Lucas , Blake, demoy and Jason, but not enough penetration to create goal scoring chances or to be involved in taking shots.