Wanneroo City 8’s took on the Sorrento FC and unfortunately went down 8 – 6 after leading at half time 5 – 3. This week the team showed more cohesion and moved to space while in possession and dominated the first half, primarily through the dominance of Charlie Thoburn in midfield and attack being supported by Owen Keen and Michael Bechelli up front and a solid display by Fezaan Sheikh, Amin Khaer and Irwan Derviskadic at the back and midfield with Rishab Sethuraman keeping all day putting in a solid performance and pulling off some marvellous saves. If it was not for the dominance of the Sorrento number 8 Ross Williams who scored 3 in the first half and  5 for the match then Wanneroo City would have had all wrapped up in the first half.

Charlie Thoburn and Owen Keen bombarded the Sorrento goal in the first half with Charlie piling on 4 goals and Owen 1 goal and if was not for some solid keeping by the Sorrento Keeper stopping several more attempts by Charlie, Owen, Amin Khaer and Michael Bechelli then the match would have been all but over.

However, due to Wanneroo City only having one substitute this week the boys tired in the second half and the solid defensive and midfield structure held in the first half disappeared in the second and Sorrento piled on 5 goals to 1 in the second half.  The only scoring highlight for Wanneroo in the second half was Michael Bechelli goal in the second half right on full time.

It must be said that Wanneroo City performance this week was much better in the second match of the season with the boys holding good structure for most of the match and stringing some solid passing throughout the match and with the return of players after the holiday break will continue to see the under 8’s improve and hopefully put a win on the board in the near future.

Well done Boys

Under 8’s Coach

Les Bechelli

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Sunday April 27, 2008

Kingsway 8    Wanneroo City 5

Once again the boys put on a sound effort and if wasn’t for a fine display by the Kingsway number 5 who scored at least 6 goals the boys would have finally had a victory. Unfortunately, Wanneroo City lost to Kingsway 8 – 5 as the boys tired in the second half after it was all squared at 4 -4 in the first half. The goal scorers were Owen Keen (2) all from long range and were unstoppable for any under 8 player, Charlie Thoburn (2) who wants again put a solid game together in the midfield and Michael Bechelli (1) who showed some striker instinct when he pounced onto a dropped ball in the penalty area.

Max Wadkins (1^st half) and Michael Bechelli (2^nd half) made some quality stops in goal and Amin Khaer, who made some quality sliding tackles in defence and Fezaan Sheikh  held the defence up most of the day as unfortunately Wanneroo City only had 6 players and was unable to substitute all day, which led to the fall away in the second half.

Once again a good performance and I don’t think a victory is far away when Wanneroo can field a full side and substitute to keep the boys fresh.

Regards

Under 8’s Coach

Les Bechelli

Unfortunately the boys didn’t adjust to the first early start as Wanneroo City seemed to be asleep in the first 5 to 10 minutes as we conceded 4 goals in this period. After this point the boys fought back and dominated the remainder of the game with Michael (2 goals) and Jacob (1 goal) dominating up front and showed some very good cohesion upfront with both of them stringing quality passes together from the half way line to open the defence and finally finishing with a good finish. Michael almost snatched victory but was thwarted by the Hamersley Keeper on several occasions in the last 5 minutes. Owen scored the remaining goal with a curling corner kick that the keeper failed to take cleanly and split into the back of the net.

Charlie made some quality saves in the second half to keep Wanneroo in the game.

The team cohesion and skills by the boys are improving, especially in the younger members of Amin and Irwan and in the new players who are playing their first season of soccer such as Michael, Rishab and Max.   The remaining players of Charlie, Fezaan, Jacob and Owen and also improving with each game.

We would also like to welcome our newest player Jamie to our team who I believe will provide a boost in our midfield ranks.

Under 8’s Coach

Les Bechelli