Queens Park Rangers Women reserves welcomed Oxford United Women development to London marathon playing fields for a reserves south east and central division clash. Beginning eighteen minutes later than scheduled, after the match referee arrived late. The game getting going officiated by an Oxford United coach. Who featured four first team players in his starting line-up.
Starting this afternoon’s affair. The R’s kicked off. Opening opportunities, operating down the left-hand side. Pushed out of play by a visiting defender. Winning a throw in. Taken quickly. Cutting away close to the touchline. Switching sides, today’s guest got a chance. Sending in a cross. Coming inches away from breaking the deadlock from a header. Bobbling about, the pitch aided QPR Women reserves with cutting out their oppositions next go at goal. Making applying an end product impossible. Breaking the deadlock. Oxford United Women development scored. Gifted an easy goal, following failure to clear from the R’s backline. Rolling remarkably slow into the bottom corner. Strong saves from Mya Francis Powell in the host goal kept the margin as was. Punching away powerful efforts taken on the edges of the box. Brilliantly blocking, Ruby Norman averted danger deep in the final third. Shortly continued by a superb double save by Powell. Intercepting incredibly. QPR Women picked up possession in the middle of the pitch. Lumping a long ball, right into the right winger’s path, winning a corner. Coming to nothing.
Getting the second half underway. The visitors ventured forward; with the fine form they ended the first period with. Dominant in all areas. Attack after attack unfolded. Causing all sorts of problems, the R’s really under pressure. Down the wing. A delivery was darted in. by the travelling team. Ruby Normans run clearing away. Popping passes on the edge of the box, Oxford United opened up space, terrific turn to create a chance. Dealt with diligently by the home centre half. Doubling their tally, the guest was gifted a second. Scoring on their seventh attempt on goal. From a corner. Todays away team added another. Sent goal bound, being converted from close range, unchallenged by home players. Against all odds. QPR Women had one back. Put into their own net, by a visitor’s player, following an impressive run. Tears in full flow as she realised what she had done. Had to be consoled by teammates. For their fourth. Oxford tapped in against deflated R’s.
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