Firpo’s cross was a thing of beauty. Preston, second half, were horrible.
We earned that win. Nick Sent from my iPad > On 21 Jan 2024, at 17:44, nattan--- via Leedslist <[email protected]> > wrote: > > This was more a game of 2 prestons than a game of 2 halves. > > First half they were as good as any team that has been to ER , nullified us > in attack, apart from the goal, a header by Bamford and a free header missed > by Georginio, at the other end , they scored, forced Meslier into a good > save , gave Gray a torrid time and pretty much matched us . > Second half they were the dirtiest , niggliest, most time wasting team we > have seen , aided by an incompetent ref and a fair amount of good fortune . > Thankfully justice triumphed in the end with our injury time penalty goal > winner to send us all home happy. > The atmosphere suffered from the early kick off , made worse by us going > behind in the second minute. A long hoof ended with a foul by Ampadu (?) > inside our half . They were making use of the gusting wind fron the first and > pumped the ball high into our area, winning the header and 2 knock downs > before the lad hit it in from close range.We equalised fairly quickly, Gray > winning the ball and beating a player close to the by line, he fed Gruev who > beat another before giving it to Summerville who played it through to Firpo ( > impressive again going forward today) and his cross was met at the back post > by probably our man of the match, Dan James who nodded home.Second half we > started like a house on fire creating three or four good chances, the best > being a brilliant run in the box by Summerville whose cut back was hit > against the post by Georginio, then Bamford played it over the top for DJ > to run onto but his clever lob landed on the roof of the net.Their spoiling > tactics and bits of good fortune ( twice the ball somehow stayed out ) meant > as we went into time added on a draw looked most likely, so much so a lad > near us left with the parting words " its not going to happen > today".Thankfully his pessimism was misplaced as a bouncing ball hit a > Preston defender on the arm and we got a penalty, put away with aplomb by > Piroe so we could all laugh at their keeper ( who had eventually been booked > for persistent time wasting) and go mental.Another vital 3 points and a win > for football over thuggery and cynicism > DaveRoll on Wednesday > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > Dave Dowden, a legend, a Totty Twin, a pie man! R.I.P. _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ Dave Dowden, a legend, a Totty Twin, a pie man! R.I.P.
