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Sheffield FC Futsal Vs Leeds Barca Futsal Print E-mail
Written by The Blade   
Tuesday, 18 March 2008


The second game for Sheffield FC Futsal was against Yorkshire rivals Leeds Barca who were looking for their first win after a heavy defeat against Middlesborough last time.

Sheffield FC Futsal were looking to build on their great win against Sheffield & Hallamshire last week but found Leeds a difficult hard working team.

 

Leeds started the brighter of both teams and quickly forced Sheffield keeper Steven Marshall in a wonder save from point blank range after

some slack defending, both teams struggled to keep the ball and gave possession away too easily which made the game difficult for both teams.

 

After 5 mins Leeds Barca should have taken the lead with several chances going begging and these misses would prove costly as Sheffield began to settle and play better creating many chances which players wasted but with 13 minutes gone Alvyn Riley put Sheffield ahead latching onto a great pass from Liam Morris before putting the ball into the top right corner from an acute angle.

 

Leeds then pushed play forward with the keeper making several long runs into the Sheffield half and again Steven Marshall made several great saves to keep the 1-0 score line & with Leeds gaining confidence Sheffield took a timeout with 5 mins remaining.

 

Sheffield started brighter after the timeout looking to double the lead and with only 50 secs remaining Matthew Hammond opened his account for the season after a goalmouth scramble he poked the ball high into the net beating the Barca keeper from close range.

 

Leeds came out for the second half all guns blazing and put Sheffield under great pressure and when Mark England-Woodcock committed a slide foul after only 1 min he was lucky not to see a yellow card and from the resulting free-kick Barca should have leveled but keeper Steven Marshall saved and Frazer Thomas cleared the loose ball before any Barca players could react.

 

After 5 mins though Leeds got their reward for all the chances created when a great run was finished well from a tight angle beating the Sheffield keeper to his bottom left.

 

The game was becoming physical with both teams hitting 4 fouls after 10mins and Sheffield should have had a penalty when Richard Moore was brought down after a good run but the referee waved the claim away, Sheffield started to play better as the game settled and created chances through James Bennett & Ceri Looker but the Leeds keeper made some brilliant stops with the best from a Frazer Thomas free-kick.

 

With 3 mins remaining Sheffield & Leeds were on 5 fouls and both teams had good claims for penalties but the game ended with another win for Sheffield FC Futsal but Leeds Barca played extremely well and might think they deserved a point, but 6 pts puts Sheffield joint top for the next game Vs Grimsby futsal club on Sunday 6 April at the Institute of Sport in Sheffield, kick off time 18:50
 
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