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On Tuesday 8th May Central Foundation Boys’ Year 8s played against St. Aloysius. The match took place on the impressive Emirates Stadium, home to Arsenal. After a night of rain, the pitch was slick and the team knew that playing their planned strategic attack and maintaining precise ball control would be challenging.
In the first half we saw a standout defensive performance from Billy Brown at centre back coupled with superb goalkeeping displays from Edgar Paxicato to keep us in the game. The best football was played on the counterattack, providing numerous chances for Central Foundation against a very well organised St. Aloysius formation.
After a score of 0-0 after half time, St. Aloysius were one goal up after just five minutes. Strong midfield presence from Zakariya Basekonda and Mustapha Lasri and good wing play from Benjamin Barbour-Ricketts and Charly Bailey created numerous chances to take the lead. Central fought back well with an equalising goal by Josh Garrett after a through ball from Romeo Akinola. St. Aloysius remained strong taking the team two up with only four minutes to play.
A wonderful solo effort by Darnell Goather-Braithwaite levelled the match to 2-2. With no additional goals in added time the victory was shared, displaying fantastic sportsmanship from both teams.
“I’m really proud of how far the boys have come since year 7. Last year Central lost out to St. Aloysius and the team’s development through league games (winning all but one game) this year is a real credit to the boys.”
Daniel Wood – Year 8 Team Manager
