Here is the final match of the day featuring Cardinal Newman in all white facing the Wando Warriors in an all black kit. Wando will be attacking into the wind and sun of the west end of the Cage.
And right off the bat we have a goal by Wando! A laser from just outside the 18 careens of a defenders head and into the net! So in the 2nd minute of play Wando will take the lead 1-0.
Oh! We have a collision in the box! One from each team is down, but both will rise from the smoke and walk away. That was possibly the 2 biggest guys on the field!
Here we are in the 18th minute, a corner is served into the box, shot, blocked, and the rebound is pounded into the back of the net! GOAL Cardinal Newman! That will knot it up at 1 each.
WOW, the speed...a breakaway puts a Warrior on the run and in a 1 on 1 with the CN keeper....and he slips it past for a Wando goal! Wando will take the lead in the 25th minute 2-1.
The speed of the counter, gives the Cardinals a chance and they finish! GOAL Cardinal Newman! That will tie this thing back up at 2 apiece with 9 minutes left to play in the half.
In the 67', we have a goal for the Cardinals! A free kick served into the box, caught, then dropped by the Wando keeper, and then he payed for it when a Cardinal ripped it through the back of the net! Making the score Cardinal Newman 3-2 Wando.
Here we go, game is on the line in the final seconds.......and there is the whistle! Cardinal Newman with another excellent showing, never giving up and fighting back for a 3-2 win over Wando!
And a well-deserved win it was. They never stopped playing and competing. In my opinion, the CN/Wando game probably should have ended in a draw, based on play, but CN just deserved it a bit more. Funny how that works, eh?
