WaiBOP United vs Wanderers SC – November 22, 2014 –

November 22, 2014Score: 0 – 3

Match Report

Full time: WaiBOP United 3-1 Wanderers SC.

Note: following the match, NZ Football ruled we played an ineligible player. The result was over-turned, with Wanderers SC awarded a 3-0 victory.

Official attendance: 518. Thank you Tauranga. See you in a fortnight.

93′ – There’s the final whistle.

91′ – Darkwa pressure forces a skied clearance. Corner. Near post…wide from Marquez’ head.

90′ – 3 minutes of added time to be played…as we clear some danger in the box.

87′ – Wanderers corner…what a shank…to Marquez in space who holds then sends it to a breaking Coombes, who is off-side.

85′ – SUB: Wylie on for Greenhalgh. WaiBOP debut for Wylie.

84′ – Marquez in the middle pushes it out to Darkwa on the left…his cross is teasing as Neil slides in…but it’s smothered and cleared.

80′ – SUB: Darkwa on for Young.

80′ – Scramble and Higgins clears for a corner…off the post. Scramble from the corner. Half shot goes wide.

77′ – End to end stuff now. Both defences stretched.

75′ – SUB: Jones on for Hughes.

74′ – GOAL: Wanderers break, we part like the Red Sea, Lewis drives it home. WaiBOP United 3-1 Wanderers SC.

72′ – Young to Hughes to Greenhalgh…drive from outside the area…well blocked. Corner.

70′ – Corner to Wanderers. Comfortably dealt with by Drake.

69′ – Marquez free in space down the left…but the shot becomes a cross that loops over and out.

66′ – Coombes on the top of the area with the shot. Smothered and cleared.

62′ – GOAL: Coombes to Marquez…cross cleared to Higgins…who drives it home from just inside the box. Emphatic finish. WaiBOP United 3-0 Wanderers SC.

59′ – We win another free kick mid-pitch. Varela drives it deep…and out.

56′ – Hughes crosses to Young who clips its just inside the far post. Top save by Hirst at full stretch.

55′ – Marquez scoots down the left. Cross/shot comes to nothing.

54′ – Mitchell through the back of Marquez. Ouch. Free Kick.

53′ – De Jong floats in a free kick. Cleared. Just.

49′ – Shot by Baker from distance. An O’Regan deflection slows it down. gathered by Drake.

48′ – Marquez down the right…cross just headed away by Messenger.

46′ – Wanderers get us underway for the second half. We have the breeze.

Half time: WaiBOP United 2-0 Wanderers SC

45′ – Two minutes of time to be added.

44′ – Marquez bursts forward. Trademark reverse to Hughes who gets to the touchline and forces the corner. Hirst clears the resulting danger. Just.

41′ – Coombes wins a corner…cleared to Neil…who pushes it through to Young who shoots just wide.

39′ – Stares wears one right wear it hurts. Puffs the cheeks. Welcome to the pitch. Small target maybe…

And yes, it did take me a bit to work all those out…

33′ – SUBS: Wanderers SC – Murati, Trbuhovich & Thomas off. Ilich, Baker & Stares on. Rolling the dice.

29′ – Messenger in a dangerous position on the right touchline. His cross is under hit and cleared by O’Regan.

27′ – O’Regan clears a long ball with the back of his head (don’t ask). Wanderers flood back but Lewis chips it over.

25′ – Dangerous cross by Neil cleared for a throw. We’re back in the box…Hirst gets down to gather.

22′ – YELLOW CARD: Wynne goes in the book. Bit late there lad.

21′ – Drake scores…in the home dugout with a clearance.

20′ – Hughes again down the right. Cross goes across the box…to Coombes…who bends it just wide.

15′ – Marquez reverse pass to Hughes… just cut out by Mitchell.

10′ – GOAL: Hughes breaks down the right, crosses behind Marquez… but Coombes is on the edge of the area to drive it home. WaiBOP United 2-0 Wanderers SC.

9′ – We break forward through Marquez. Touch, swerve, touch… out to Coombes… across to Neil… who fires over.

8′ – Hughes to the touch line. Whips it in…corner. Nothing comes from it.

6′ – Mitchell gives it away. Hughes picks up the scraps, drives forward, knocks it to Marquez who floats in a teaser. But it goes out for a goal kick.

3′ – GOAL: We win a corner… Coombes takes… O’Regan flicks it in. Top start lads. WaiBOP United 1-0 Wanderers SC.

1′ – Lewis shoots over for Wanderers. That would have been a sucky start.

0′ – We get the match underway.

4 minutes until kick-off – Here come the teams. We look great in red and blue.

9 minutes until kick-off – There’s ten to go. Yes ten minutes. It’ll be great to finally be typing game related stuff rather than my other nonsense.

16 minutes until kick-off – Zombie on the tannoy ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PU4d5Iogd4 ) Hope that’s not us today…

32 minutes until kick-off – a bit longer than 5 (the wind’s affect my typing)… but here are the line-ups.

WaiBOP United: 20-Danyon Drake, 2-Liam Higgins, 3-Aaron Scott (c), 4-Robbie Greenhalgh, 5-Sam O’Regan, 8-Chad Coombes, 10-Federico Marquez, 14-Fergus Neil, 18-Alexis Varela, 21-Jerahl Hughes, 24-Jarrod Young. Subs: 1-James McPeake, 6-Godwin Darkwa, 7-Mark Jones, 9-Shaydon Young, 22-Craig Wylie.

Wanderers SC: 12-Damian Hirst, 2-Brock Messenger, 3-Deklan Wynne, 4-Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi, 5-Adam Mitchell (c), 6-Sam Brotherton, 7-Regont Murati, 10-Clayton Lewis, 14-Andre De Jong, 16-Tomislav Trbuhovich, 17-Benjamin Thomas. Subs: 1-Zac Speedy, 8-Mario Ilich, 15-Judd Baker, 19-Gowan Stares, 20-Vincent Wiktora.

45 minutes until kick-off – We’ll have the line-ups for you in 5.

56 minutes until kick-off – The wind’s kicking up. It’ll be a factor…for the match commentary.

75 minutes until kick-off – Air NZ flight just landed at nearby Tauranga airport. Visiting fans?

90 minutes until kick-off – Wanderers SC players and staff on the pitch. “A day at the beach. Not bad…”

110 minutes until kick-off – WaiBOP players inspecting the pitch. “A green tinge on this one, Richie…”

Lineup

Subs