Written by Thomas Carabine
Corinthian Casuals convincingly won at Tolworth against Wallingford and Crowmarsh 3-0 in the Cherry Red Records Premier Challenge Cup.
Corinthian dominated the first half of the match, with goals from Marcos Dos Santos and a 20-yard screamer from Mark Soares.
“Buzzing, to score in front of the fans. I’m glad to get my goal,” said man of the match Soares.
The away team, Wallingford and Crowmarsh had a strong first few minutes of the game, being the first team to attempt a goal, but after the first chance of the game they struggled to create any chances at goal after that in the first half.
Corinthian Casuals took control of the tempo of the game right after their first chance and had plenty of opportunities in the first half, hitting the bar in the 29th minute of the game from a corner.
The consistent pressure from Corinthian casuals paid off in the 32nd minute after a deflected save from the Wallingford keeper went to Marcos Dos Santos, who headed the deflected ball towards goal.
Then in the 4th minute of added time in the first half, Corinthian double their lead as Soares swirls his way through the defence and curls the ball from 20 yards into the back of the net.
“It was a rubbish pass, but the boys got it back, I remember one of the boys said if you don’t shoot, you don’t score so just saw the opportunity and I shot,” Soares said.
The second half saw the same domination of possession from Corinthian, which continued to create many chances.
Wallingford’s best chances of the match came in the early second half of the match, with a shot deflected to the side netting from Alexander Mercer and James Casbierd’s shot comfortably saved by the keeper.
In the last stages of the match, Corinthian scored their third goal from a cross to Ousmane Balde Dansoko who scores from a half volley in the box.
“We’re at home so we made sure we set up we organised we trained well… as I always say the way you train is the way you play, and we got the result that backs it up,” said Soares.