BBK vs Liga 06 IF – match report

The mid-week match between BBK and Liga 06 was Blentarps’ fourth game of the season and it proved to be a good evening for the boys & girls in the P-13 team. After an initial injury scare with Markus (goalkeeper), BBK was able to field a strong team to face Liga 06. BBK were chasing a win to make it back to back wins. If they could achieve this, it would result in BBK climbing up the table and moving ahead of Liga 06 in the league positioning.

A key learning from the previous 3 matches was that BBK need to keep the ball more and to spread the ball out to the wings. To help them do that BBK deployed a 1-3-4 formation. The extra players at the top were there to help the defence a bit more by taking the ball from deep and then to attack in numbers down the wings - tactic that seemed to work, especially in the second half.

The match started well for BBK, with the players holding their positions and the defence standing firm. Emil acting as a sweeper, had an excellent game covering the defensive line and taking care of Liga players who occasionally managed to get past our defensive line at the back. Emil was equally supported by some very good defensive work from Felix, Albin H. and Toby, as they pressed, ran and made sure the Liga attackers had very little space in which to attack Markus’ goal. Felix using his physical presence was able to take the pressure off our defence on several occasions, by driving through the heart of the Liga midfield.

Some excellent work down the left from Zaak, dribbling and weaving past the Liga defenders set up Jonte for a simple shot on goal to make it 1-0 to BBK. Zaak was having a good game on the left, using his nimble footwork to get past the Liga players and creating a number of chances for himself, as well as his team mates.

At half time it was 2-0 to BBK (second goal from Jonte), but we knew Liga would come out strong in the second half and so it proved, with a goal after a perfectly placed ball down the centre of the park to make it 2-1. Despite the goal, BBK continued to press forward, with the midfield (Jonte, Oliver & Tim) driving forward supported by some excellent wing play from Hampus, Evelyn, Zaak and Lisette.

As in the last game vs. Janstorp, BBK ended the game the much stronger team creating chance after chance from both sides of the pitch. Zaak continued to play with Liga defenders, running down the left and passing a perfectly weighted ball to Evelyn who had run at full speed from the half way line to then smash the ball into goal, after bouncing off the crossbar and post - the goal of the match!

As Liga began to tire, BBK continued to attack down the wings with Hampus/Evelyn (right) and Lisette/Zaak (left). Again another run down the left from Zaak, followed by a cross too high for the Liga goalkeeper, who was only able to palm the ball into the path of Hampus for a simple tap in, to make the final score 4 -1 to BKK.

As with all games we can also learn from our play. One key area that BBK need to continue to work on, is releasing the ball much earlier when in attacking positions. 

BBK face a stronger test in their next game vs. Spjutstorps IF, a team that last season beat BBK 1-3. If BBK can achieve a win it would make it 3 wins in a row, something that the team was unable to achieve last season.

Sunil Ramkali (a happy coach)