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SHEFFIELD UNITED FC ACADEMY SPAIN - WEEK 14

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Contributor / 2010-02-07 17:52:25

Another mixed bag of results for the Blades as they headed into the 2nd half of the season - good wins for both the Alevin teams and the Cadetes, defeats for the Juveniles and Infantiles......

SUFC ALEVINES (U12s)  10 - 1  CF SANTA DOMINGO
      
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With the Alevines looking to get back to winning ways, Santa Domingo were the unfortunate recipients of a lesson in finishing. Having started brightly, they found themselves a goal down after only 6 mins, Vladyslav Sybirov bundling the ball home after seeing his earlier shot come back off the bar.

Tyler Burns made it 2-0 a minute later, finishing low from outside the area, before adding a 3rd in similar style 10 mins later. Kian Burns then turned and finished across  the keeper to make it 4-0 going into the half-time interval.

Business as normal straight after the restart - Tyler Burns curling a direct free kick up and over the wall for his hat-trick before brother Kian swivelled and fired left-footed across the goalkeeper for 6-0. Jorge Galdames then got the faintest of touches to make it 7 before Tyler Burns grabbed his 4th of the afternoon and 20th of the season firing home from the narrowest of angles.

Johan Montoya completed the scoring with his 20th and 21st goals of the season either side of a Santa Domingo goal from what what was literally their only effort on goal. A superb all round performance with 11 happy young footballers all working tirelessly for each other.

LOS MONTESINOS “B”  1 - 3  SUFC ALEVIN “B” (U12s/10s) 
       
A sensational game of football for the Alevin Bs away to a strong Montesinos side who had beaten them earlier in the season. Having applied all the early pressure, United were surprised to find themselves a goal down after only 3 minutes, before Kieran Dalzell played in Camillo Martinez for the equalizer. Provider then turned finisher when young Dalzell slotted home for a deserved 2-1 just before half-time.

The 2nd half saw a determined home side take the game to United in an attempt to get back into the game. However, pushing so many players forward, they were always  susceptible to the counter attack, and victory was secured deep into added time when Blades´ striker Camillo Martinez side footed past the keeper to the obvious delight of travelling supporters.

ORIOL “B”    4 - 5  SUFC CADETES (U16s) 

A tremendous result for the a Blades Cadete team who had the bare minimum number of players available for this game. In what proved to be a fiercely fought encounter, sheer grit and determination proved to be the decisive factors. Even allowing for a match official who gifted the home side 3 penalties as well as disallowing a perfectly good Blades goal, the visitors never looked likely to lose this game.

A hat-trick from Paul Mahony, plus goals from Lucas Borrega and Alex Cope were enough to see the Blades over the finishing line and record a memorable win over decent opposition.

ORIOL “B”    6 - 3  SUFC INFANTILES (U14s)

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A hard fought game saw the luckless Infantiles miss out against Oriol. On a day where everything seemed to go against them, they just couldn´t get their noses in front against a somewhat fortuitous Oriol side. Having gone a goal down early on, Jose Perez equalised before Oriol added a 2nd.

Alex Ferns then equalised for a 2nd time, but that was to be as close as the Blades would get to taking anything from the game as Oriol added further goals. A 3rd United goal by Jake Burnip proved to be no more than a consolation.

CF SANTA DOMINGO   4 - 1   SUFC JUVENILES (U19s)  
       
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After a terrific performance last week in Elche, it was back to the drawing board after this lacklustre display against Santa Domingo. A Tom Frame goal was all that the Blades had to show from a disappointing game littered with individual errors.

“SCHOLARSHIPS”

With there still being a number of places available for quality players on the programme, Programme Director, Robbie Burns, is now in a position to offer local football scholarships to any player who is deemed to be of “academy” standard. These players will receive free football courtesy of SUFC Spain (includes registration, training kit, training/match fees), as well as having the chance to go back to Sheffield and other clubs for trials. A number of scholarships were offered to players last week.

So, if you think you have what it takes and fancy the idea of a scholarship, contact  SUFC Spain Programme Director, Robbie Burns on 692 507 439, or e-mail at robbie.burns@sufcspain.com.