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Lovett v Grady
February 20, 2007
The game
against Grady was similar in many ways to last week’s match against North Atlanta although it was played in torrential rain
rather than freezing cold. Lovett seemed to be fairly comfortable for
the first twenty minutes and probably edged the better of the possession. The
final pass was frequently missing however and few chances were created.
Grady also had few chances but scored twice through center forward Whitton
Ukah and Lovett could have considered themselves unlucky to go in 2-0 down at
the break.
The second
half started much more brightly and hopes were high of a repeat of last
Friday’s comeback. Chris Kennedy
charged up for a corner but saw his header cleared off the line. The
ever-dangerous Austin Mills had a cross shot well saved at the far post. Jack
Hall got to the by-line only to see his center cleared. Meanwhile Chris Kennedy performed some heroics to stop Grady
increasing their lead and Stephen Joy continued his impressive early season
form. Finally the goal came; Jack Hall won back possession on the
half-way line, switched the ball to Eddie Nam whose deft touch played in Austin
Mills and his well placed shot gave the keeper no chance.
Unfortunately Lovett was unable to complete the recovery not least
because of some excellent defending from Grady’s Matt Marshall and a
third goal from Uoko killed off the game.
There were
however still lots of positives to be drawn from this match; Harrison Dykes
and Joe Bailey both again looked very comfortable on the ball and Jack Lally
and Stuart Kenny formed a strong and energetic combination down the
right-hand side. Christian Baker gave his best performance, gaining in
confidence throughout the game and showing good composure. Lovett will
need to be on top form to face a strong Woodward team this Friday.
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