The year 5/6 girl’s football tournament took place at Merrill
Academy on 4th October 2018. There were
eight schools taking part all together, which were separated into two groups of
four. The format for the day was the top two teams from each group go on to
play each other in the semi-finals and then final. The first game we played was
rather easy as we managed to win 6-0. The second game we then won 5-0. The
third game against Chellaston was much more difficult as they had a few Derby
Ladies players in their team. It was a very close game with not many goal
scoring chances, it finished a 0-0 draw. We weren’t quite sure if we finished 1st
or 2nd in our group. That means we played in the semi-final against
Walter Evans and surprisingly beat them 5-0. In the other semi-final,
Chellaston played against Oakwood and beat them 3-2.
That meant we had to play Chellaston in the final who we had
already played and drew 0-0 against. The game was 10 minutes long and if it was
a draw there would be 5 minutes of extra time with golden goal (which ever team
scores first wins). If it’s still a draw after extra time it goes to penalties
(best of three). The ref blew his whistle and the game started, we were
confident and determined to win. The match was again very close, but this time
both teams had good chances to score. After ten minutes nobody had scored,
which meant it went to extra time. When that five minutes was over still nobody
had scored. That meant three people from each team had to take a penalty.
If we drew on penalties it would go to sudden death. Our
three penalty takers were me (Imogen) Kaylah and Ayla. Kaylah volunteered to go
in goal and also take the first penalty. She struck it well and even though it
went straight at the goalie, the power took it passed the line so Silverhill were
1-0 up. The next one went to Chellaston which they only just missed because it
went wide. Afterwards it was my penalty and I struck the ball into the top
right corner of the goal. It was now 2-0 with three penalties left, Ayla and
two other people from Chellaston. They were up first and if she missed then we
won and if she scored then we would play on. She shot the ball in the middle of
the goal high above Kaylah’s head. She jumped up reaching for the ball and
tipped it over the bar. Ayla didn’t have to take her penalty as we had already
scored 2.
That means Silverhill had won the whole tournament and were
through the county finals, where we will play the other schools from across the
county.
Silver Hill
Team: Imogen Burrows, Ayla, Kalpriya, Anouska, Mary, Imogen, Kaylah, Evelyn,
Ellen and Fearne.
Manager: Mr
Turner
Match report by Imogen B
