Queens' 2 St Catz/SS 1

A crucial win here for Queens’ in this very tight Quarter-final game. The game was very edgy with both teams having a strong midfield presence, though Queens’ did dominate the game in terms of possession and chances but just couldn’t make this superiority shine through on the scoresheet. Catz, to be fair, had a number of very decent players who were a danger on the counterattack and this was a factor in Queens’ attacking play, as we didn’t want to overcommit ourselves too much.
After a host of chances for us in the first half, the only one which was converted was by Gabriel after a debatable off-side decision went in our favour (though the opposition did provide the assistant who wasn’t concentrating which allowed play to continue).
So with Queens’ leading 1-0 at half-time, we played the second half in the same manner, dominating midfield and our defence was rarely tested. We got the second goal thanks to a penalty after a Catz defender handballed on the edge of the penalty area and the referee gave the penalty which Matt converted to make it 2-0.
This goal lead to an important Catz substitution when they moved their goalkeeper into attack and this striker proved much more a handful for our defence than any of the other Catz players and he nicked a goal with 5 minutes left to play after we didn’t concentrate in defence from a set play.
We held on for the final 5mins to record an important 2-1 win which takes us into the semi-final of the cup where we are due to play either Churchill or Darwin at home next weekend (I think!!)

Team: Dan, Pete, Andy, Mark, Jon, Simon, Paul, Gustavo, Itzam, Gabriel, Matt, Martin, Yue, Jimaan, Charles.

Goals: Gabriel, Matt (pen)

Thanks for everyone who played, and i'm very sorry that I couldn't give more people more playing time! sorry!