Rocket Haw 2 - 3 Heaffiel Villa

Key Events:

• 15' Heaffiel Villa scores, assisted by Damian Cooper
• 21' Rocket Haw Khadim Diakhate scores
• 40' Rocket Haw Frans van der Burg scores, assisted by Khadim Diakhate
• 62' Heaffiel Villa Manuel Fernandez scores, assisted by Charles Craig
• 73' Yellow card to Rocket Haw Bamba Konan
• 84' Yellow card to Heaffiel Villa Mario Gleeson
• 87' Heaffiel Villa Ken Smith scores, assisted by Charles Craig

For Rocket Haw, the match will leave the particular frustration of having held the lead and the ball, yet still coming away empty-handed. The hosts did score twice and had more corners, but Heaffiel Villa kept producing shots on target and recovered from the interval deficit with goals from Manuel Fernandez and Ken Smith. Charles Craig was involved in both, an especially useful contribution in a match where the final turn of events depended on another precise delivery. The two yellow cards, one for each side, were a small interruption in a game whose larger shifts came on the scoreboard.

Heaffiel Villa leave with a 3-2 win built on greater attacking volume and a late finish, while Rocket Haw can point to a strong spell before the break without disguising the result. The hosts’ possession and passing accuracy made for control in the broadest sense; the visitors’ nine shots on target made a more persuasive case for danger. By the end, the difference was not who had more of the ball, but who found the net one more time.