Broncos match report -
Saturday 5th November 2005

CPR Broncos 0 vs Reeves Rangers 2

Div 3 Cup Round 2

The Broncos cup run came to an end on Saturday with a 2-0 defeat to Reeves Rangers.

The game started at a lively pace and on 3 mins a Reeves forward looked like opening the scoring only for Jake to make a terrific one on one save. This seemed to wake the Broncos up and they started settling into the game. As a fairly even first half unfolded the possession was end to end. Richard and Alex where being kept busy at the back with them both making important tackles whilst Keegan was working hard up front. The Broncos first real attack down the right resulted in our first corner of the game. Alex floated a lovely ball in which eluded the keeper but unfortunately nobody was there to add the finishing touch. With Reeves breaking forward again a good cross from the right was too far in front of the incoming forward and Jake saw out for a goal kick.

Our midfield trio of Sam G, Andrew and Sam L were all working well in midfield with some fine tackling and passing to each other. It was also pleasing to see them all tracking back when required when we managed to lose possession.

With the first half nearly up Reeves knocked a long ball down the right wing which to be honest didn’t look to threatening until their midfielder chased and delivered an inch perfect cross to their forward who was waiting unmarked on the goal line to head home.

Although one down everyone was confident at half time that we could turn things around.
The second half started with the Broncos enjoying plenty of possession. Josh was managing to find plenty of space on the right due to Keegan giving the Reeves defenders more to think about. A couple of half chances went begging with a shot from Andrew getting blocked and a through ball from Ciaron being intercepted. Reeves were looking dangerous coming forward although solid defending meant any shots were from distance which didn’t really trouble Jake.
However with 10 mins to go a Broncos goal kick went straight to an opposing player in the middle of the pitch who instantly hit an unstoppable shot that dropped menacingly into the net.

With time running out the Broncos kept pushing forward, Ciaron won the ball out on the left and played a lovely ball into Josh who was now playing up front. He rounded the keeper beautifully only to see his shot stop on the line giving their keeper time to react and smother.

The full time whistle ended an evenly contested match which was really won by two pieces of individual skill by a Reeves player who made one and scored the other.

Although our performance overall was quite satisfying, all that was left to do was reflect on what might had been had we not conceded possession with so many foul throws.

Guess what we’ll being practicing at training this week !!!

A good performance lads !

Player of the Week: - Andrew