RSA vs GB

RSA: 0
GB : 2

After 2 poor performances, we knew we had to put in a good game against GB in order to get some confidence and give us a chance to meet our tournament objectives. We had done some soul searching over the last 48 hours and we wanted to turn things around!

Getting off to a good start was imperative to us, and we did just that. GB looked to press us and apply maximum pressure from the start but we moved the ball well and set up a good platform. We made them work hard in and around our circle through tough, brave defending.
After we turned the ball over in our wide left channel, we didn’t manage the sideline hit effectively and GB took the hit quickly resulting in an opportunistic goal.
We stuck to our game plan and kept getting quality ball into GB’s final third but due to poor decision making and execution we got nothing to show for our play.

Again we played well in the 2nd half which allowed us to give ourselves chances to equalize… unfortunately we didn’t capitalize on those chances. We conceded a 2nd goal towards the end of the half after a laps in concentration allowed GB an easy circle entry along the baseline and their forward snuck in front of our defence to tap the ball over the line.

All in all, a much better performance from us, but it is disappointing not to come away with any points.
We have 2 matches left and we can still achieve certain of our objectives.
We play Pakistan on Sunday which is going to be a high paced and possibly dirty game!