Brent’s Under-12 Boys got their season off to the perfect start with a convincing win over a team from the Arsenal Community programme.
Brent stated the game strongly and took the lead after only three minutes. Some quick, direct passes resulted in Danny having a shot on goal which the goalkeeper tipped over the crossbar. From the resulting corner, Bernardo managed to head the ball towards goal; the header was blocked and fell to Dion who placed the ball into the bottom left corner.
Brent managed to keep Arsenal Community in their own half and won the ball back on multiple attempts but were unable to capitalise until the 12th minute, when James managed to disposses a defender and score into the top left corner. After this goal Brent were dominant in possesion and added a third goal in the 18th minute, Bernardo scoring from a corner which was delivered by Adam.
The first half ended with a fourth goal for Brent, Danny winning the ball on the right wing and passing it to James who shot into the top left hand corner from outside the area.
At the start of the second half, Brent scored three goals in five minutes with Danny scoring all three. The first was a solo run past three players before dispatching his shot into the bottom right corner. The second was a free kick which Kalunge won and was hit hard into the top right hand corner. The third goal of this spell began with excellent passing down the left. The ball was played centrally by Dhyan and was slotted in by Danny under the goalkeeper’s dive.
From the subsequent restart, Arsenal attacked in determined fashion and pulled a goal back, taking advantage of a miscommunication in the Brent defence.
Brent then made some positional and personnel changes and ended the game with a further four goals. Kulunge shot from a central position and found the bottom right-hand corner from the centre of the goal having received the ball from Dhyan; Adam shot from the left side in the 40th minute, beating the goalkeeper at his near post, having been teed up by Dion, who then scored himself by dispossessing a defender and putting the ball into the top right hand corner from outside the box. The final goal came from Bernardo who dribbled in from the left and placed his shot into the right hand side of the goal.