Brighton & Hove Albion Women at home to West Ham Women in the Group Stage of the Conti Cup at the Peoples Pension Stadium
The Seagulls host the Hammers ⚒ on a freezing night in Crawley. This is the last group game in the Conti Cup and Brighton need to win in 90 minutes to top the group to progress to the Quarter finals. If it's all square at 90 minutes there will be penalties but West ham will progress whatever the outcome of the shootout due to the weird Pizza Cup style points system. Let hope it's all over for that reason and that the temperature is about 0℃ 🥶. We are avoiding getting cold pre-match by arriving just in time 🕢 for kick-off. Good planning and nothing at all to do with the closed roads and cancelled and delayed trains 🚗🚂🚇🚌🚂🚗.
There were a few chances both ways but all poorly executed with the Hammers coming closest when they hit the post early on. Kayleigh Green looks to be in on goal but it goes wide. Both side were getting half chances but neither keeper was really tested. The West Ham no. 26 Asseyi dives and screams just outside the box and the ref falls for it and books Morse despite the total lack of contact. Nothing come from the free kick but the ref is wise to it when she tries again. Then she get booked herself for a foul. All level at the break.
No changes at half time and it starts as it finished with both side attacking but no end product. Asseyi draws a save from Walsh after getting clear. The Hammers bring on Brynjarsdottir. Love an Icelandic name. It finishes 0-0 at 90 minutes so the Seagulls are knocked out. There is still an opportunity to salvage some pride in the penalty shootout.
It starts at the North end where the crowd are. Albion up first and Symonds slot it home to take the lead. The rest goes like this. Megan saves, Vicky William scores, Megan saves, ref moves the whole thing to the other end of the pitch, Megan Fox scores and Megan saves again to win the shootout 3-0. Wow.
The temperature and poor pitch may have been an issue but the football wasn't spectacular. There were lots of turn overs largely from poor passing. Brighton were trying to press higher which the new manager Jens Scheuer wants but it's a new style of football to then and will take time to learn. They did try at times though. Good things to come.👍
POTM: Megan Walsh had a good game and was outstanding in the shootout. Clean sheet in a shootout 😻.
Ref was very inconsistant, perhaps she only had one contact lens in. If she had booked Asseyi for the obvious dive then she would have walked for the second yellow. Just saying.
Scranometer stepped up on cold night with a Vegan Cauliflower Pie 🥧 that registered at 8.5. Hot chocolate was a disappointing 6 for lack of stirring.
The shootout win turned it from a dull disappointing match to an enjoyable one. Easily pleased.
Well that was very cold☃. Glad we had something to cheer about to stave off the frost bite at the end. See you back here on Sunday. Hope it's a bit warmer.
Love Tranmerekat 🐾
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| Back at the Broadfield |
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| Cold over here too |
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| Brrrr |
