Page 26 - CHESSINGTON & HOOK UTD vs Eversley & California - 2019-20 Season

MATCH rEPorTS

CHESSINGTON & HOOK UNITED 0

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nother case of Groundhog Day, where
AChessington & Hook United dominated
the game in terms of possession, but some-
how ended up not taking all three points.
Early pressure came in the shape of Freddie
Myers on his return to his former side, making
darting runs down the left-wing and peppering
the Cove box with crosses. Elliot Baptiste and El-
lis Lentell providing service on right side doing
everything except finding someone to connect
to and score.
Against the run of play the inevitable happened,
a well-worked move, and a great finish from
Cove’s number 9 Ryan Lupton put the visitors
in front after 16 minutes. United continued to
pile on the pressure but went in at half-time
trailing 0-1.
The second half was more of the same, Unit-
ed pulled out all the stops in an effort to grab
the equaliser, with Lentell, stretching the Cove
defence on the right-wing.
Despite all the possession United couldn’t cre-
ate enough clear cut chances against a Cove United who were up against a team that took their
side that defended well, as in the first half, a chances when they came, and they will count it as a
Cove counter-attack was ruthlessly executed. great win away from home against the run of play.
Lucas Pickett passing to Ryan Lupton for his United’s Manager Darren Woods summed up
brace after 85 minutes, effectively killing the the result after the match:
game leaving Chessington & Hook United no ‘Despite the result, I was really pleased with
time for a fightback. the performance today, some great football
A frustrating day for Chessington & Hook on show, we just lacked the finishing touches’.