The Courier

U11 v St. Marie’s

If anyone watched the England v Kosovo match, this was very similar. Crescent took the lead and looked devastating on the counter-attack. However, mistakes at the back allowed St. Marie’s to score. In the end, despite having fewer chances and despite Crescent playing some very attractive football, St. Marie’s came out on top

U11 Football Tournament

This is the first of a number of tournaments up until Christmas. Crescent will have played all of the local opposition after that. In the first three matches, Crescent were outstanding. They showed so much energy to win the ball back and continued to pass with creativity and accuracy. They learned from their previous match and were more clinical in finishing and playing out from the back. So far, Crescent are three wins from three.

U10 Princethorpe Tournament

The boys were fantastic in the tournament, winning their first game comfortably and then leading a strong opposition 3-0. Unfortunately, this was pulled back to 3-3. Crescent were then unfortunate to play against an under 11 team and just lost out 1-0, hitting the post in the last few minutes. When the groups crossed over, Crescent had another tough match against The Revel but came out on the right side of a 1-0 score line this time.

U11 v Cawston Grange

Crescent started well on a bobbly pitch and were unlucky not to take the lead after a couple of two touch passing moves finished with a test for the goalkeeper. Crescent then struggled to get out from the back and needed Isaac to bail them out at times. 0-0 at half-time. In the second half, both teams picked up their play in an exciting game. Cawston were fortunate with an own goal and then scored a good second. Tom halved the deficit as Crescent upped the pressure and threw more boys forward. Cawston took advantage of the spaces at the back to make it 3-1. Another friendly where Crescent showed a great potential and learned a lot.