Around the twenty-fifth minute, their right-back received the ball deep in his own half. Tom pressed him immediately, cutting off the pass down the line. The right-back panicked and played it inside to their midfielder.
But Jake was waiting. He intercepted the pass, took one touch to control it, and played it forward to Nya. Nya drove forward, saw Connor making a diagonal run across the defense, and played a perfect through ball into the space behind their center-back.
Connor was through on goal. One-on-one with the goalkeeper. But their center-back made a brilliant recovery tackle, sliding in from behind to clear the ball just as Connor was about to shoot. It was a great tackle, to be fair. Saved them a goal.
Corner.
Sam took it, whipping it in toward the near post. Reece attacked it, getting in front of his marker and flicking it on with his head. Connor was waiting at the back post. He didn't even have to jump. He just guided the header into the net.
4-0.
