Grimsby Galaxy 2 Clee 4
The best u10 game I have refereed for a long long time. The passing of all the players was of the highest calibre, which is high praise given that both teams are relative newbie’s to futsal.
Galaxy scored the only goal of a very tight first half.
The second period goals flowed; Clee equalised and then moved to a 3-1 lead, Galaxy pulled back to 3-2 and a comeback looked likely until thwarted by a fourth Clee goal.
Galaxy paid what I call the ‘no subs price’. Almost always the team with no substitutes suffers against a team with two or more substitutes as their energy bank depletes quicker. 7 players should always have a higher energy bank than an opposition with five.