Wankas Romp!

Wankas FC romped to a 3-1 victory against AmaZulu on Sunday, turning in probably its most complete performance this season. Aided initially by the arrival of a short-handed AmaZulu side, it was the Wankas who made all the early running. Set out in their standard 4-5-1, WFC immediately took control of the center of the park and pressured the under-manned Zulus into several hasty clearances. Troy Divis caused problems all day, and after an early exchange resulted in an opportunity, from the sidelines you could see it was simply a matter of time before the Zulus were opened up. The Wankas quickly got their just rewards as a nice array of passing led to Troy gaining space in the attacking third and weighting a pass into the path of Schuyler Wareham who opened his scoring account with a neat finish alone with the goalie. The Wankas were rarely threatened by Zulu attacks, and the multitude of subs entered the game and continued to mount the pressure. A foray down the right led to a long throw into the box, which Andy Hughes harried the defense into a poor clearance. This fell to Schuyler’s feet and, after a nice shimmy to avoid his first opponent, he dispatched his second goal of the match. On one of the few occasions where the Wankas lost shape and composure, the lone Zulu threat managed to get in behind the defense and held his ground to slot under the on-rushing Jeff Graham. 2-1 at the break.

No doubt inspired by the halftime team talk, WFC returned to the field in the 2nd half determined to expand on their lead rather than get complacent. The Zulus saw very little of the ball despite being at full strength at this point, and their frustrations began to mount. An inability to do little more than ping long clearances toward their speedy forward saw them continually pegged by the strong wing play of the Wankas. One such Wankas attack seemed to harmlessly peter out, but in a karmic twist of fate reminiscent of the Wankas own mistake last week, the goalkeeper’s mis-hit clearance went straight to the feet of Ross Kenyon. Having spurned a golden first-half opportunity, Ross composed himself to make no mistake when presented with the ball. The Zulus were well and truly beaten, and the only further disappointment for the Wankas was failing to add to their goal tally as they managed the lion’s share of possession for the rest of the game. Final: 3-1

The Wankas move to 2-1-1 on the season and have a great opportunity to continue their move up the table with a victory on Thursday evening against Hoosier Daddy.

Scoring: Schuyler Wareham (Troy Divis), Wareham (unassisted), Ross Kenyon (unassisted)