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Sat 25 Jan 2020  ·  Premier
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
AVDFC 1ST XI
J Baldwin (31'), (46')
2
2
Harefield United
J Waldren (32'), L Farhall (85')
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AVDFC 2 Harefield United 2

Mike Farquharson26 Jan 2020 - 08:04
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Late Harefield goal denies the Dynamos victory

With Ben Gill and Alfie Gaspar injured and Keith Mupfururirwa away Jacob Troughton-Smith was drafted into midfield and Harry Scorr and Bruno Brito spearheded the attack. The bumper crowd of 201, out to support and pay celebration to Luca Campanaro were treated to a tense battle on a heavy Haywood Way pitch, which seven days ago was completly under water.

Thi was never going to be a pretty affair but it was Aylesbury who started the most lively of the two sides and after four minutes Harry Scott had a Speculative effort which he fired high and wide, on nine minutes the ever influential Bruno Brito picked up the ball on the left edge of the away box and fired across the face of the goal, the ball was cleared but only to Harry Scott who couldn't get the ball out of his feet and failed to get a clear shot away and the attack came to nothing.

Harefield, although not creating any clear chances, were now taking control of the middle of the park seemingly coping better with the conditions and on fifteen minutes had the best chance of the game when a rasping shot from the edge of the box and through a crowd of players brought out an unbelievable save from Dynmaos keeper James Weatherill who somehow turned the ball over bar. The Dynamos best chance came after twenty eight minutes when Bruno Brito played in Harry Scott and with the keeper advancing he slipped the ball past him but it rolled just wide of the post.

Man of the match James Weatherill made his second fantastic save on the half hour as he tipped a ball headed for the top corner over the bar from Lenny Farhall. Two minutes later and the home side took the lead, Bruno Brito took the ball off of a Harefield player and sent a pass up the line which Jake Baldwin ran onto, he cut inside the defender and with his right foot bent the ball into the bottom corner of the Harefield goal.

One minute later and a mistake in the Aylesbury defence left the ball at the feet of Jack Waldren who slotted the ball home from six yards. Aylesbury re took the lead just before the break when an overhead kick from Bruno Brito in the middle of the park found Jake Baldwin and the young striker calmly fired the ball home for his second and the lead going into the break.

With the pitch getting stickier as the game progressed both sides struggled to get a grip on the game in the second half but the away side had the first chance when Farhall tried to chip James Weatherill from distance and the keeper back peddeling ran into the post as the ball went wide. Bruno Brito then tried to lob Mallett in the Harefield goal but the ball went just over.

With time running out James Weatherill was adjudged to have bought down a Harefield striker when to all the fans in the ground he had appeared to have cleanly taken the ball off of the striker and Lenny Farhall stepped up to equalise.

All in all a fair result on a day where both sides paid a fitting tribute to a lovely young man in Luca and where the club raised £1600 for the London Air Ambulance.

Match details

Match date

Sat 25 Jan 2020

Kickoff

15:00

Attendance

201

Competition

Premier

League position

12
Harefield United
14
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
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