MANAKAU DOMAIN - Saturday 7th July 2012.
Manakau Hui Mai slipped to a heavy defeat at the hands of Otaki Purutaitama, with the home side having no answer in the opening 45 minutes.
The first half can probably be summed up as ... corner, header, scramble, GOAL, cross, volley, GOAL, slip, miscue, through the legs, ball dribbles slowly towards the GOAL, scramble, slip, push, penalty, GOAL and, slide, shot, slip, slip, slip ,slip, toe poke GOAL !!!
Unfortunately, all five goals happened at one end, and Otaki had jumped out to a 5-0 half-time lead against a Manakau side that just made too many mistakes.
Spectators arriving at the break and watching the second half would never have realised as Manakau regrouped and re-organised at half-time and took the game to the visitors during the second spell - scoring through Jamie Allcock's well taken penalty and creating several other chances while keeping it clean at the back.
Mike Urlich, James Wylie, and Allcock were creating chances, but were unable to convert with the efficiency that Otaki had provided in the first half.
Otaki were clearly deserved winners on the day - effectively winning the match before halftime - but Manakau's second half performance was a determined effort the spoke volumes for the team spirit.
MAN OF THE MATCH POINTS :
3 - Mike Urlich
2 - Neil Harvey,
1 - Ben Harvey
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