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Caradon played host to Falmouth in the second league game of the season. With 7 players unavailable, Caradon fielded an unfamiliar team and this showed as within the first 15 minutes they found themselves 0-3 down.
Falmouth continued to pressurise the Caradons defence and had it not been from some good goal keeping by Helen Dellbridge the scoreline could have been much more painful. The strong Falmouth team extended the lead to 4-0 just before the half time break when they converted a penalty corner and Caradon needed the break to re group.
With a slight change in personal and positions, Caradon started the second half in a more confident mood. Player of the match Abby Ingram was winning her battles in the middle of the pitch and it was her pass that found Clare Poad in a 1v1 with the keeper. Poad side stepped the keeper to finish calmly to give Caradon something to cheer about. Falmouth continued to play through the lines and scored twice more through open play despite some good defending they were just too good.
The last bit of goal mouth action belonged to Caradon when an Ingram strike from just outside the circle got the slightest of deflection off Poads stick for the umpires to award the final goal of the day.
Caradon can be proud of their performance and the depth of players within the club to allow them to compete with a very good Falmouth team. The return fixture is likely to be very different but the discipline and team spirit are amongst the many positives to take from this game.
Caradon welcome back their returning players next week when the travel to Exeter.
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