Grey College deflates Affies in Friday Nite Lights clash
Grey College was in top form against Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies) in their Hyundai Friday Nite Lights contest at Grey College on Friday evening, romping to a 4-1 victory.
Waldo Konig, with two goals, Wian Griesel, and Gianni Tyropolis, were on target for Grey College.
With strong support in the stands, the home side did not disappoint their backers. Their schoolmates sang out their support with gusto, and the songs were the wind beneath College’s wings.
Affies stood firm and denied the hosts a goal in the first chukka, but Grey broke through in the second. Coach Dallan Phillips’ had done a good job of exerting pressure, and they were rewarded with a well-worked field goal three minutes into the second quarter.
First, they turned over possession high up the field. Then, they made ground down the left flank and broke open the deadlock by squeezing in a goal after a bit of a scramble in front of the goal box.
“I am very happy with our pressing tonight. We put Affies under pressure, especially early on,” Phillips said after the match.
The visitors did a good job repelling all of Grey College’s subsequent attempts on goal in the remainder of the chukka. However, the hosts could be kept out only so long, and, shortly after halftime, they added another field goal.
They extended their advantage to 3-0 with a penalty corner in the last chukka, but Affies pulled one back four minutes later, also from a shorty.
With Affies chasing another goal to make a game of it, Grey College sat deep and soaked up the pressure. Then, they struck a hammer blow on the counterattack, knocking in their fourth goal with less than five minutes left on the clock to secure the win.
“I was impressed by our defence. The boys did really well at the back. But I feel we leave a lot of goals on the pitch. We need to work on our goal-scoring,” Phillips reflected on the contest.
Something else Grey College will need to address is their discipline. They were, at one point, reduced to nine players, with two men in the bin. That aside, Phillips’s side played as good a match as they could have.
RESULT
Grey College 4-1 Affies
