Eastleigh U18's 3-1 Aldershot U18's

Report by Jozef Montigue - 6/2/06

In the tenth minute, Eastleigh forward Sam James crossed the ball low into the centre. The ball found MAX SAMPAYS on his own which he then blasted into the bottom corner. 1-0.

Into the 22nd minute of the game, Eastleigh keeper Matt Brown made a good save at the feet of Aldershot's Danny Milton.

Aldershot equalised through MILTON three minutes later and this goal found Eastleigh under sustained pressure. 1-1.

Eastleigh regained their lead in the 30th minute. Taz Roberts took the ball around three players to set up BEN NGWA who rounded the Aldershot keeper to put the ball in the net.

HALF TIME - EFC 2-1 Aldershot

58th minute - Eastleigh defender cleared the ball forward to Sam James who headed the ball on to Ngwa. Ngwa was brought down in the box from a bad tackle and Eastleigh were awarded a penalty. The young Aldershot defender was sent off for the challenge.

Ryan Long stepped up to take the penalty. He shot to the keeper's left but after the keeper made the save LONG followed in his own shot to increase Eastleigh's lead to 3-1.

Jack Smith had to come off the pitch for treatment to a bloody nose, and Taz had to switch to left back.

Ben Ngwa who had a great game, scoring a goal and winning the penalty, was replaced late on by Brett Williams.

Aldershot came close to pulling a goal back towards the end but the ball was cleared off the line by Eastleigh's captain and defender Nathan Bailey.

Overall Eastleigh and Aldershot had the same amount of chances but Eastleigh were more clinical in front of goal and were the better side because of their good passing and tackles.

FULL TIME - EFC 3-1 Aldershot