Brent’s Under-10 Girls started their season with an excellent 2-1 win over a strong Barnet Nightingales team.
Brent started strongly by blocking a shot from Barnet and hitting Nightingales on a counter-attack. Wales dribbled down the wing and released Owen, who shot first time to give Brent a 1-0 lead.
A flurry of chances late in the first half culminated in Wales hitting the bar and Brent took a 1-0 lead into half time.
Barnet pressed heavily in the second half and Brent did well to keep Nightingales at bay thanks to strong defensive work by Swaby and M. El-Hashimi.
Another counter-attack from Brent began with Stone passing to Wales. Wales set off on a dribble down the wing evading two defenders before hitting a shot which the Barnet ‘keeper could only parry into the path of Owen who shot clinically into the top left hand corner to give Brent a 2-0 lead.
Brent had several more chances in the second half with Wales hitting the crossbar again and Owen forcing the Barnet goalkeeper to make several saves.
Brent conceded a corner with 10 minutes to go and from a deflection off Swaby, Barnet pulled a goal back. Brent soaked up the pressure in the last few minutes with good saves from Carrie and a strong defensive midfield contribution from Summers who was commanding in the centre and D.El-Hashimi in supporting the back three. Brent showed a lot of commitment and the girls were rewarded with a good win over a strong team.