Mornington v Carrum United
MORNINGTON CRASH AT CARRUM
Mornington 1 (Pickering), Carrum 3 (Busuttil, De Reus, Carranza)
Mornington travelled to Carrum aiming to capitalise on their first round win and were met with stern resistance from the first whistle.
Carrum who had just come off a win against highly fancied Caulfield were out to prove that it wasn’t a one off and pushed Mornington deep into their own half.
A mis-kick from Mornington’s keeper nearly resulted in a Carrum opening their account when their forward intercepted and shot on goal, only to be saved by a diving lunge from the keeper.
It only took another five minutes for Carrum to assert themselves on the scoreboard when a mix-up in the defence allowed striker Busittil to spirit through and score the easiest of goals.
The goal sparked Mornington into action with a number of balls narrowly missing the target until Pickering got on the end of a Watson cross to calmly slot the ball past the oncoming Carrum keeper.
The second half started much the same as the first with Carrum gradually asserting their dominance with a number of fluent passing moves that resulted in a through ball that appeared to be safely in the Mornington keeper’s hands, to Mornington’s dismay the ball was stolen by De Reus in what looked to be a foul and calmly slotted into the back of the net.
The game continued to ebb and flow however the disciplined Carrum defence allowed the Mornington forwards very little all day and the icing was put on the cake five minutes from time when Carranza rose high to head home at the back post to make it 3-1.
A final goalbound flurry from Mornington ensued however this was not to be their day against a well-drilled Carrum side.
Mornington travel to bottom-placed Noble Park next week and will be looking to make amends for a rather lacklustre display. |
