Basildon United FC

Basildon 2 Cheshunt 0 - Challenge Cup, 13th November

This Sunday saw the U16’s back in cup action with a place in the quarter finals up for grabs. They were entertaining Cheshunt from the EJA Hertfordshire division and a good game was in prospect with a lovely day for it and on paper two well matched teams.
Basildon started brightly dominating the early possession and the first chance to Izzy Ojo was superbly saved by the keeper. Basildon were playing some wonderful football and after 10 minutes some fine midfield play saw the ball come to Matt Tapley on the edge of the area. He controlled the ball stepped inside and hit a rasping left foot drive into the bottom left hand corner to put the Bee’s 1 up.
It all looked to easy for Basildon they were creating chance after chance with the Cheshunt keeper making some great saves and Matt Tapley and Liam Nash hitting the bar and post. Basildon could have and should have been 5 up at half time after playing one of their best halves of football this season but went in at half time with only a 1 goal cushion.
You knew Cheshunt were going to come out second half all guns blazing and they did, Basildon had lost the momentum and were rocking. For 15 minute Cheshunt threw everything they had at the Bee’s but the back 4 stood their ground and kept Basildon in front.
The tide gradually began to turn, a stone wall penalty was denied to Basildon and this really sparked them into action and saw them get back into their first half mode. Again the Cheshunt keeper stood firm then a lovely ball from Aaron Sibthorpe put Lee Aldrige through. After a mazy run down the right he cut into the box and squared the ball to Scott Howells who was tackle, the ball came back to Lee who some how manage to cross it to Liam Nash waiting on the back post to head home an easy chance to give the Bee’s a 2 goal cushion.
The game was over now the goal really knocked the wind out of Cheshunt and Basildon could have added to the score line several times. In the end it finished 2 nil and a place in the last 8, well done the U16’s.

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