Vets fight back twice for draw

A game where eyesight would be key, low fog making it visually challenging and to add both teams playing in a shade of Blue. After a silence for remembrance, the game got underway and it was a tough physical battle from the first whistle until the last.

Syston scored after threatening our box a few times, a ball laid across was finished well leaving Jim no chance. Bosworth moving the ball quickly in areas were not getting much joy but a ball we had tried a few times, paid off just before half time when Daniel cut in from the left and his through ball found Stu who finished well as the goalkeeper narrowed the angle to make it 1-1.

Second half we decided to throw caution to the wind, or fog and despite the combination of Daniel and Stu providing the equaliser we opted to go with 3 upfront and adding an extra body in midfield as Stephens came on as did Dave Bell for the pair.

Stephens made an immediate impact almost scoring instantly but as he got on the end of a ball over the top he didn’t quite make the contact needed. Moments later a ball through and he clipped the post as he shot across goal. Nathan then clipped the top of the bar with an in swinging corner and a little while later he hit a volley over the bar. Dave Bell wanted in on the action and his effort from the edge of the box also rebounded off the post. It was rock and roll football from Bosworth whilst Syston were rocking.

Jono came in at right back as he continues to builds up his minutes after returning from injury whilst Daniel came back on the left side and Nathan moved centrally. Syston then took the lead, capitalising on an uncharacteristic mistake from our defence.

Bosworth moved to a back 3 and put Jon Sammon on upfront with Stephens, playing a 3-3-4 formation, with risk came reward as Sammon fed the ball out wide, the ball eventually found its way to Daniel who cut inside and curled one into the bottom corner to make it 2-2.

The game finished 2-2 despite Syston pushing for a third near the end as Bosworth kept bodies forward to try and win.

Despite the visual challenges, the lads worked hard for what was probably a fair point in the end, either way it was a hard fought one.

Jim was Player of the Match, he made a few really good saves, a free kick in the first half which he could only see late and a few stops near the end which were crucial for us taking a point.