East Lodge U10 Hurricanes went into this top of the table with a full squad of ten players with the welcome return of Harry Brown. The rotation system of the start of the season returned. The match got off to a great start for East Lodge with good attacking football lots of passing and moving and numerous chances created. A couple of good saves, a hitting of the post and a number of close chances. Fleurs were under pressure and used the long ball to their skilful centre forward to good effect. Against the run of play Fleurs scored. Within a minute Sam put in a driving run followed by a great cross. Chad went in for a flick and the ball ended up in the net. On closer analysis the goal was awarded to Sam as Chad admitted he'd missed it! At 1 -1 things were tense but Feurs made the most of their chances with a mixture of good play, poor clearances and a little indecission leading to two more goals. East Lodge got no more reward for their hard work and good play. At half time the 3 - 1 score line didn't reflect the closeness of the game. With changes made at half time the half chances kept coming. But often the shots weren't hard enough, too far out or off target. On a number of occasions the ball was held on to too long and opportunities disappeared. Fleurs then created a good goal from a corner where movement in the box was rewarded with a goal. In the last ten minutes things became scrappy as East Lodge pressed for goals. With 7 minutes left Jake controled the ball well quickly moved it and Chad was on hand for a tap in. Soon after we were awarded a penalty. Spenser so reliable in training unfortunately put the ball wide. With time running out we left one defender at the back and pushed forward. Three good chances followed but Fleurs caught us out on the break scoring a 5th. The end result of a 5 - 2 loss was disappointing but our display was good. Jacob was man of the match. It was good to see him back to his best after illness and injury.