Soccer defeat for Woy Woy in round four
East Gosford defeated Woy Woy 2-0 in round four of Central Coast Football soccer competition played on Sunday, May 5.
The fixture that was originally set to be played at the Rams' home ground, Hylton Moore Oval, but was moved to Pat Morley due to wet weather.
The game started well with East Gosford enjoying a good amount of early possession against the opposition.
The Rams almost took the lead just seven minutes in after Lucas Dominello found himself one-on-one with the Woy Woy keeper who made a great save down low to his right.
East Gosford continued to push Woy Woy and looked to win the ball in good areas.
This allowed them to threaten the Woy Woy goal on several occasions with some quick forward passes and some dribbling around the box, causing issues for the Woy Woy defence.
East Gosford forced Woy Woy into a sitting defence.
Woy Woy struggled to maintain any meaningful possession.
At 30 minutes into the contest, East Gosford was awarded a corner and Matias Paz made no mistake with a first-time strike burying the ball into the back of the net from inside the penalty area.
Enjoying a 1-0 lead, the second half started much the same way with East Gosford controlling much of the early possession again as they searched for a second goal.
Woy Woy kept them out until the 60th minute when a good ball through the middle found Ollie Vanderslot with a bit of space.
He was able to take a touch, turn, select his target and fire a low driven shot from outside the box, finding the inside edge of the post as the ball ricocheted in for East Gosford's second goal.
Looking to salvage something from the game, Woy Woy lifted and enjoyed some good attacking opportunities themselves only to be denied by a few widely placed attempts and some good saves from the East Gosford goalie.
Match official was Miles Allen-Scott.
SOURCE:
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