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Abingdon United 1-2 AVDFC

Team: Archie Davis; Sam Austin, Linus Kusi, Alex McGowan, Ben Gill; Ben Stevens, Alfi Touceda, Kevin Owusu; Lamar Mason-Williams, Lewis Workman, Dan Lambeth
Subs: Jack Elsey, Darnell Ramsay, Dan Wilson, Alfie Gaspar, Jake Baldwin, Dan Griffiths, Alex Ashman

It was a blustery evening in Abingdon with Phil and Jordan naming a strong squad for the match. The first meaningful attack was from The Dynamos as Ben Stevens was fouled and Ben Gill stepped up to hit the free kick inches wide, with a small deflection for a corner. The resulting corner was headed over by Dan Lambeth.

A minute later Abingdon had the ball in the net but the the move was clearly offside and the goal was rightly disallowed. The wind was causing a few issues with the long passes. After nine minutes Dan Lambeth won a corner. Kevin Owusu swung a great ball in and Sam Austin was on the end of it, but headed it wide of the mark. Five minutes later and Lewis Workman won the ball and spread it out to Dan Lambeth, he skipped past a challenge and crossed to Alfi Touceda. Alfi took one touch andf hit a rocket which went inches over the bar.

On seventeen minutes Dan Lambeth was bundled over on the edge of the box. The Twitter feed announced a penalty, but slightly premature, as the referee pointed outside the box…just. Ben Gill stepped up and smashed the ball into the wall, and the rebound was cleared too. The next ten minutes saw Abingdon have the majority of the pressure, with the wind, but some great defending from Alex McGowan saw him clear his lines twice to thwart the Abingdon attacks.

On the half hour Abingdon broke the offside trap but Sam Austin was alert and got in a timely challenge and conceded a corner. A few minutes later and another cross from Abingdon was not dealt with and an easy header beat Archie Davis from close range. 1-0 Abingdon.

Within a minute Abingdon were on the attack again, this time Linus Kusi’s challenge was penalised with a free kick. The ball was cleared by Lewis Workman who doing his defensive duties. Just before the break Abingdon’s nippy right winger attacked again down the right, but the impressive speed of Linus Kusi saw him catch, tackle and come away with the ball…!

Half time Abingdon 1-0 AVDFC

Jack Elsey and Darnell Ramsay came on at half time to replace Linus Kusi and Kevin Owusu. Within a couple of minutes Lamar Mason-Williams and Darnell Ramsay combined well and forced an early corner which Ben Stevens head wide. The Dynamos had the early pressure and forced another corner which saw the ball came out to Lamar Mason-Williams who touched it to Dan Lambeth and he swivelled and hit a low shot which beat the keeper and into the net. 1-1.

On the hour the Abingdon winger was taken out by Jack Elsey diving into a tackle and he got a yellow card for his troubles. This was followed by another substitution. Dan Wilson entered the field of play at right back coming on for Sam Austin. Two minutes later and Alfi Touceda was taken down in the centre of the field about 30 yards from goal…this meant one thing, time for a Ben Gill free kick. He had already had a couple of sighters early on and this time he did not disappoint. A great free kick, over the wall, passed the keeper…BOOM! 2-1 Dynamos.

Abingdon weren't done though and were soon back on the attack, a last gasp tackle from Jack Elsey stopped a goal attempt but then he fouled an opposition player on the edge of the box. The free kick was disappointing and easily saved by Archie Davis.

Another couple of subs were made with Jake Baldwin and Alfie Gaspar coming on for Lamar Mason-Williams and Lewis Workman.
Jake Baldwin was immediately called into defensive action as he blocked a shot on goal. Archie Davis had picked up an injury and was clearly suffering. The final substitutions saw Dan Griffiths come on for Dan Lambeth and Dan McAteer enter for Alfi Touceda with 15 minutes to go.
Abingdon were applying late pressure and had a couple of headers over the bar. At the other end Dan Griffiths was not letting the Abingdon defence settle and ran for every ball.

Final score Abingdon 1-2 Dynamos

The Dynamos will be home to Egham Town on Saturday afternoon (3pm) for their last pre-season friendly, before welcoming Windsor FC in the FA Cup on Tuesday 1st September.