Pre-Season Friendly - Bandits FC vs Blackburn Rovers

Here we are at the first game of the pre-season friendlies.

Bandits Lineup

GK: Hunt
DL: Delonge
DC: Evans
DC: Chung
DR: Davis
DM: Son
ML: Manera
MR: Cambridge
CAM: Ames
CAM: James
ST: Verigotta


Blackburn Lineup

GK: Robinson
LB: Jacobsen
CB: Samba
CB: Chimbonda
RB: Salgado
LM: Pederson
RM: Diouf
CM: Andrews
CM: N'Zonzi
ST: Di Santo
ST: Roberts

 

Goooo Blackburn

 

1:00

Blackburn kick off



4:00

Davis on the ball for* Bandits FC. Walking forward from his own half, zero pressure from Blackburn Rovers.
Davis continues to bring it forward.

Davis with a quick through ball down the right hand side for Cambridge. Steven Cambridge cuts in AND SHOOTS FROM THE EDGE OF THE AREA

....Just over the bar

 

8:00


Davis with the ball down the right again. Once again links up with a through ball to Cambridge.

Cambridge hugging the touchline...sports James in the centre of the park. Picks him out perfectly.
James keeps the ball moving...sees Verigotta. James plays the ball to Verigotta's feet.

His back towards goal...

Verigotta spins with the ball...takes one step inside the area...the defenders too slow to react and space has opened. SMASHED IN LOW BY VERIGOTTA





GOAL!!!!!! BANDITS FC

Chimbonda looks like he could of done more to prevent that

Bandits 1 - 0 Blackburn

 

10:00

Blackburn get the game underway. Roberts carries the ball forward

Roberts passes to Andrews, Andrews has tonnes of space to work with. He finds Gamst Pedersen with a low left pass.

Gamst jinks past Davis, he keeps it moving. Bandits are inviting him to take all the space he wants. Pedersen with a floated cross to the far post. Cambridge heads it clear, but only as far as Jacobsen.

 

Infracted

 

Di Santo!!!

 

Jacobsen aims for the near post from the wing...Di Santo headed the ball back to Keith Andrews. Andrews with the ball...bags of time.
Andrews tried to find N'Zonzi with a pass to feet. N'Zonzi moves towards to ball and sprays it out to the wing.
Michel Salgado brings the ball forward, and hits it left to Kieth Andrews. Andrews comes forward to collect.

Andrews with the through ball in search of Roberts' run. Roberts comes forward, ROBERTS SHOOTS...

It deflects off Chung


The ball goes in the air and behind the defensive line.
It lands at Pedersens feet in the area who has timed his run perfectly to break to offside from the intial shot.

1 on 1 in the box no defender close enough to try anything. PEDERSEN LINES UP THE SHOT...IT'S HEADING TOWARDS THE TOP CORNER

GOAL!!!!!! GAMST PEDERSEN SCORES FOR BLACKBURN

Bandits wernt in the lead for long...back to halfway for kick off.

Bandits 1 - 1 Blackburn

 

14:00

Bandits FC get the action underway. James with the ball. Passes all the way back to Evans to let the team get in motion.

Evans to the right to Heath Davis. Davis takes the ball forward, and exchanges a one-two with Cambridge. Davis takes it forward again and passes it cleanly to Cambridge.

Cambridge back to Davis...Cambridge motions to break to line and Davis threads the ball through to him. Cambridge is looking into the middle of the park for the run of Verigotta. Simple pass. Verigottas going to the byline...puts in a cross to the far corner...corner

Steven Cambridge floats the ball into the area, but the ball is headed clear...Son* comes out of nowhere to take the ball right from Roberts' feet...Son with the ball now.

Son to Delonge, Delonge down the wing. Plays an easy ball for Manera. Manera with an early cross, but Chimbonda hoofs it away. Excellent intervention by Chimbonda.

Maneras made it to the ball first though, cuts inside with the ball and feeds it to Ames. Ames comes forward.
Ames plays it to Delonge's feet. Delonge jinks past Diouf and curls the ball to the far post. Samba heads it clear.*

Son heads the ball to Andrew James, Andrew James with a well timed ball to Verigotta. Verigotta in the are in a dangerous position. VERIGOTTA SHOOTS...

Robinson denies him with a great save