PCWFC 1-3 SWFC Ladies Reserves
🖤🤍 FULL TIME | Sheffield Wednesday Ladies Reserves 3–1 Penistone Church Women
A frustrating afternoon for Church, who competed well against a strong Sheffield Wednesday side but ultimately came away empty-handed.
Wednesday started the brighter of the two teams, enjoying plenty of possession without creating any clear-cut opportunities.
Church gradually grew into the game, with Abby Mills going close with a powerful effort from distance after Wednesday had cleared their lines from a corner.
The hosts took the lead in somewhat fortunate circumstances when a looping cross from distance sailed over our goalkeeper and into the net. It might have looked like a world-class finish, but we’re not entirely convinced it was intended!
Church responded brilliantly, drawing level when a Fliss Cooke free kick was parried by the Wednesday goalkeeper, with Courtney Wragg reacting quickest to slot home the loose ball.
From that point, Church looked the more likely side to take the lead, playing some excellent football and causing Wednesday plenty of problems.
Heidi Proost came agonisingly close to putting us ahead when her superb free kick crashed against the underside of the crossbar.
Unfortunately, football doesn’t always reward the team enjoying the better spell.
Deep into first-half stoppage time, Wednesday were awarded a corner which, from our perspective, should never have been given. The resulting passage of play saw a cross converted to restore the hosts’ lead in the third minute of what had been signalled as just one minute of added time.
Half-time: 2–1
Sometimes things just don’t go your way!
Wednesday extended their advantage around ten minutes into the second half when they were awarded a penalty.
There was contact, although the reaction from the Wednesday player suggested she’d been taken out by a sniper! Thankfully, she made a remarkable recovery, and the resulting penalty was confidently dispatched to make it 3–1.
Church changed to a more attacking formation in an attempt to find a way back into the contest, but despite plenty of effort, we couldn’t create enough clear-cut opportunities to seriously threaten a comeback.
If anything, the change left us more exposed, and Wednesday looked the more likely side to add to the scoreline as the game progressed.
Full-time: 3–1
A disappointing result, particularly given how well we competed for much of the first half, but there was certainly no shortage of effort or quality from the girls.
We can point to a couple of unfortunate moments, but ultimately Wednesday were a very capable side who deserved their three points on the day.
Plenty to learn from, plenty to build on, and another performance that showed we can compete with good opposition.
🖤🤍 PLAYER OF THE MATCH – MACY JONES 🤍🖤
An excellent performance from Macy, who was a constant threat down the left wing throughout the afternoon.
Her pace, direct running and willingness to take players on caused Wednesday problems, and she thoroughly deserved her Player of the Match award.
Another impressive display from one of our exciting young players!
The future’s bright. The future’s black and white! 🖤🤍
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