For their final home league fixture. QPR Women hosted Hashtag United at Hanwell Town. The internet club only needing a win, in order to secure the league title. Having set their eyes on promotion early following last season’s failure. Going into this game. Today’s host faced a depleted squad. Key players away for personal reasons and other commitments.
Starting this afternoon’s affair. Hashtag United had the opening opportunity in the initial exchanges. Dealt with well, as the host back lined remained firm. Despite difficult opposition. Eager to apply a thrashing. Chloe Gunn leading a charge with perfect displays within the first fifteen minutes. Reacting well to her burst of energy. Today’s home side squeezed out a chance. Created from a counter attack, unfortunately to no success. Keeping up the pressure the visitors ventured forward from the right-hand side. Where the advancing player was met Ailish Carolan. Incredible display diverting space, ending opportunities for the proceeding play. Shortly followed by a strong challenge by the R’s legend. Taking the lead as we approached half time. Malika managed to send a backwards header into the path of her teammate. Who finished from inside the six-yard box. Looking determined. QPR drove forward from kick off, kept out by the travelling shot stopper. Tags replying with an effort of themselves. Making a superb save Katie Mclean managed to prevent what seemed a certain goal. Lofted away by the Rangers within seconds. Continuing their pressure Hashtag put their next chance wayward. Too fast for their forwards to convert QPR could have scored. Another impressive save from Katie McLean proved too little to stop the tags getting a second. Ending off a rocket shot, which was initially kept out. After a horrific call by the official sent Katie Akerman to the sin bin. Within a minute they managed to take their tally up to third. West making the most of a lucky cross landing to her from the right-hand side. Quickly before a fourth went in. Sealing a terrible ten-minute period bringing the half to a close.
Getting the second half underway. Hashtag had come out of the break flying. Having the first chance, requiring last ditch defending to prevent it going in. Having an attempt, the host went down the wing. However, the fullback filtered out space, slapping the ball away. Averting danger. Getting a goal back against the run of play. Kasha Petit plopped her effort away. Ellie Searle excellent as always to make the chance from nothing. A diamond delivery, darting to a perfectly placed Petit. Visiting keeper stunned as to how her defenders let it happen. Up the other end, Katie McLean made another magical save, stunning all attendees. Arguably the best of the season. Time running out inspired the host to get better and better. Grace Stanley buzzing around the pitch, picking out chances. Creating problems for her opposite numbers. Not able to deal with her presence on the end of passing lines. Back and forth in midfield seeing out a fixture which was ruined by a ridiculous sin bin. Giving the guest their promotion and confirming them as champions. Making their more than two-million-pound investment finally worth it.
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