Last minute relief in Forfar
Glasgow City left Forfar a relieved side tonight defeating a resilient Forfar Farmington 1-0 courtesy of strike from Rachel Corsie with 30 seconds left to play.
City made the long trip North to take on a confident Forfar side who had previously held league leaders Celtic to two narrow 1-0 wins this season. The Station Park venue was a perfect surface for both teams and a credit to Forfar especially at a time when even some of the country’s top professional sides are struggling to find a decent playing surface.
Having previously enjoyed comfortable wins over Forfar, City were blasted at half time by their management team for not taking a hold of the game as they should have. Lots of possession was enjoyed in the first 45 minutes, but little penetration saw Forfar see out the first half relatively comfortably.
The second half was a different matter as time and time again City threw everything at a Forfar side, who battled extremely hard to keep a blank scoresheet. With the Forfar keeper in fine form, the post and cross bar twice saving City’s attempts, it really was beginning to look as though this was not to be the current Champions’ day.
As time progressed City missed more and more chances, with three one on ones with the keeper put agonisingly wide. However, the pressure eventually paid off when Corsie forced home high into the corner of the net in a tightly packed Forfar penalty box.
There was barely time for the re-start and within one minute the referee blew for the end of ninety minutes.
Head Coach Eddie Wolecki commented, “We were furious with the team at half time. Their first half performance was nothing short of a disgrace and we were not short in telling them. Forfar are a good side and we needed to respect that. Thankfully the second half was a completely different matter and full credit to the girls. They played well and in the end got their reward. However I will admit that when we kept missing our countless chances I was beginning to think we had blown the opportunity of three points. Thankfully that was not the case and we have now got another game under our belt. We have Dundee United in the Scottish Cup Quarter Finals on Sunday and that will be another really difficult match, so we need to start our preparation for this.”
19.03.09
