Dritton 
Man of he Match

 

JOHN PAUL COLLEGE  6  v  2  SOUTHS UNITED

Young Deuk SEO   3

Tea Hoon KIM   1

Woo Young KIM   1

Driton XHEMAJLAJ   1

 

This was a must win game for JPC if they were to stay in touch with the leaders in this Under 17 Div. 1 clash with Souths United.The game could hardly have started worse for JPC as the visiters pounced on one defensive error and one keeper error to go to the break with a very flattering 2-0 advantage. JPC had their chances but failed to capitalise on some solid attacking play with poor finishing.

The second half continued where the first had ended with JPC pounding the Souths defence. Finally the breakthrough came when a poor clearance found debutant under 15 player Tea Hoon KIM on the edge of the box his shot too well placed for the Souths keeper. The goal raised JPC's tempo and the flood gates were open.Within minutes Woo Young KIM scored from close range when he finished off a Young Deuk SEO header and Duc chipped in with a fine hatrick thanks to his pace and skill that left the Souths defence in his wake. Man of the Match Driton Xhemajlaj completed the second half rout of Souths who must have wished they could have taken their ball and gone home at half-time. JPC could easily have reached double figures with better finishing and will have to improve there finishing to get a result in their next two fixtures against Toro and Lions." We have totaly dominated and controled every game from start to finish this season, apart from the Pine Rivers game (7-0 up at half time) we have put ourselves under preasure for missing so many early chances, due to a lack of composure in front of goal. The good thing is we are creating so many chances with exciting and creative attacking play that someone is going to get hit for double figures soon" said Muzza.   

Report by BC.

JOHN PAUL COLLEGE   7 - 2   PINE RIVERS

 

This was a game of two halves , one a memorable 45 minutes , the other quite forgettable. John Paul College totally dominated Pine Rivers and their 7 goal half-time advantage could easily have been doubled but for some indifferent finishing. The opening goal from In Jai Won after only 5 minutes was a 35 metre left foot thunderbolt that would have graced any Premier league game. The lead was doubled after 10 minutes when Hyun Woo Lee calmly side footed the keeper and 5 minutes later Jong Pill Yoon's diving header from an In Jai Won corner further increased the lead. When Michael McGreggor laid on the forth JPC goal for Driton Xhemajlaj and then set up the fifth for Woo Young Kim the game was over. Woo Young Kim scored his second of the game after a dazzling solo effort beat the Rivers keeper from the edge of the box and a thoroughly deserved goal from Michael McGreggor made it 7 - 0 at the break.

Pine Rivers must have been dreading the second half with JPC threatening a cricket score. However the heavy downpour at half-time must have dampened the home sides enthusiasm as they went from top gear to reverse during the interval. Whilst they still dominated possession they could not repeat their devastating first-half form. They failed to find the net again and conceded 2 goals to give the score line a degree of respectability for Pine Rivers. 

Soon ill kwoon

 

Rochdale Rovers 2 - 3 John Paul College

This game was played in the stinking heat at  Rochdale and both teams did well to deal with the weather. the first half was a pretty one sided affair with JPC playing some very tidy possession football. the deadlock was broken on ten minutes with a fantastic piece of individual skill from soon ill kwoon who decided to take on 3 Rovers players from 30 meters out and jink his way into the box to drive the ball hard and low into the net. JPC continued there domination resulting in a great bit of link up play finding George free to slot home from just inside the penalty box.

The second half started slow which was very understandable with JPC probing and switching play hoping to get Rovers to come out of there own half, eventually Saviola darted into the box to receive a through ball from Gee and as cool as you like chipped the ball over the advancing keeper who had no chance of stoping it.

As the game progressed JPC seemed to go into cruse mode and conceded to soft goals which where direct results of overconfidence at the back. All in all it was a very good start to the season and a special mention should go out for Ryan Chipperfield the JPC keeper who through sheer hard work and determination has come a long way as a goalkeeper this year, one of the reasons his defence became a little over confidant in the later stages,something they where not guilty of last season, it is no bad thing for a young team who are predominantly under 14s playing up a year, they feel comfortable on the ball and who can blame them. 

    U/17s

 

Inji

 

 

Rochdale Rover 3 - 2 JPC

 

In many ways this game mirrored that of the under 15s match played earlier, however Rovers scored first from a free kick totally against the run of play most of the first half was saw Rovers defending very deep with wave after wave of JPC pressure that resulted in Terry smashing a 25 meter drive against the cross bar and a deluge of near misses. eventually Terry who had given Rovers all kinds of problems throughout the half powered home a shoot from the edge of the box. Rovers went ahead again just before half time due to a mix up in the JPC defence.

the second half was much the same with Rovers finding it hard to get out of there own half. Inji who totally controlled the game from start to finish lashed a fears shot against the crossbar which for the second time frustrated the JPC side however Inji did manage to find the back of the net with a 40 meter strike that took Rovers completely by surprise. Unfortunately Terry who had only arrived from Korea just after xmas was sent off for diving which is something he will need to get out of his system very quickly. JPC played 30 minutes with 10 men before Rovers got a player sent of. As the game went into the last 10 minutes Rovers struck again against the run of play to steel all three points. "we have a very inexperienced keeper and defence which will take some time to settle. For the purposes of development we are playing with a flat back four which is risky at the moment with the players not fully understanding there duties, however if we keep playing in the same way as we did on Sunday we are sure to score more than we let in. I was very happy with all the lads.We played Rovers off the park and came away with nothing, I now know how Man U feel when they play Bolton, that's football and credit to rovers they didn't get to much of he ball but took there chances" said Murray