Baton Rouge 6 Central Lafourche 2

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Free kick for Central Lafourche from about 35 yards out.

Good delivery off the free kick, and the ball is headed away for a throw-in.

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The Central Lafourche throw-in sets up a dangerous volley at the top of the box, which gets blocked by a charging Bulldog defender.

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GOAL!

Lots to break down here. The Central Lafourche left back had possession of the ball near the sideline in his defensive third. He got closed down hard by Baton Rouge forward #3, who dispossessed him of the ball with a physical shoulder-to-shoulder challenge. The entire Central Lafourche team stopped in place for a few seconds, anticipating a foul call that never came.

With no foul given, BR #3 had the awareness to continue play down the right wing and drove to the endline. With the entire Trojan defense out of sorts and protesting the no-call, they were unable to stop his low, driven cross to teammate #10, who was wide open for an easy tap-in at the 6-yard box.

2-0 Baton Rouge

18 minutes into the first half.

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Throw-in for Central Lafourche near the goal from the right side.

It results in a corner kick for the Trojans.

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A poor, low delivery is easily cleared away by the Bulldogs.

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Baton Rouge launches a good counterattack from this, and #25 hits a shot from the top of the box that goes wide left of goal.

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The Trojan goalkeeper shanks the ensuing goal kick to a Bulldog forward. He rectifies this mistake with a nice save of a dangerous shot in the box by BR #23.

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Central Lafourche forward #7 drives into the left side of the box and is brought down with a hard shoulder-to-shoulder challenge from a Bulldog defender.

The Trojan players shout for a penalty, but the referee deems it a fair challenge. No penalty is given, and every man, woman, and child associated with Central Lafourche soccer is going ballistic in response.

Plays continues, despite the bedlam in the stands and on the field. A Trojan player is shown a yellow card for dissent.

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GOAL!

Baton Rouge #3 makes a great solo run into the right side of the box. Despite several Trojan defenders in his vicinity, he fires a laser into the upper-right 90 from a narrow angle. I think the Trojan goalkeeper got a slight touch to it, but not enough to keep it out. Great goal on a very low-percentage shot.

3-0 Baton Rouge

24 minutes into the first half.

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Baton Rouge has another great opportunity on a 2v1 breakaway, but they can’t find the final pass and the Trojan center back deals with the danger well.

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Central Lafourche has a corner kick from the left side.

It results in a shot that is blocked, and the Bulldogs clear it away. A Baton Rouge player is down on the sideline after colliding with the Trojan bench. He looks to be alright.

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Baton Rouge has a good shot from right side of the box glance off the outside of the right post from a tight angle. I believe that was #3 again, hungry for more.

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Baton Rouge wins a corner kick, and the Trojans clear it away.

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About 5 minutes left in the half now.

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Central Lafourche with a player down. Coming off now, dealing with a right leg issue.

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Baton Rouge forward #10 called is offside, after receiving a through ball.

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The Bulldog goalkeeper misplays a ball over the top, but the Trojan forward has his off-balance shot into an empty net blocked by a Baton Rouge defender, who covered in the nick of time.

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GOAL!

Central Lafourche center back #8 collects a loose ball, and with no Bulldogs closing him down, fires a 35-yard rocket past the Baton Rouge goalkeeper and into the upper right 90. Beautiful shot!

3-1 Baton Rouge

We’re in first half stoppage time.

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Baton Rouge leads 3-1 at halftime.

Frantic and sloppy game, but very exciting! Both teams playing direct and doing a pretty poor job of possessing in the midfield.

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First Half Stats

Baton Rouge
11 shots, 6 on goal, 3 blocked, 3 goals, 1 corner kick, 2 saves

Central Lafourche
9 shots, 3 on goal, 1 goal, 3 corner kicks, 3 saves

Possession about 50-50, maybe slightly in favor of Baton Rouge, but it’s been pretty sloppy from both teams. This game has been one attack after another. Very fast pace.