Pictured to the left: Bonginkosi Macala
ASCHHEIM, Germany (May 19) - Bonginkosi Macala (Pretoria, South
Africa) scored two goals as the University of Connecticut men’s soccer team
defeated FC Aschheim by a 3-1 margin on Thursday afternoon in the second game of
the Huskies three-contest tour of Germany.
UConn started the match with exclusive possession of the ball for the first
four minutes, allowing Aschhiem only one short possession of the ball. The
Huskies penetrated several times into dangerous areas around the Aschheim net
and finally connected on a header off a cross from Ryan Cordeiro
(Highland Mills, N.Y.) that was headed by Chukwudi Chijindu (Fontana,
Calif.) to Macala who side volleyed it into the lower right hand corner of the
goal, giving UConn a 1-0 lead.
The play was fairly even for the next eight minutes until Aschheim got a
throw in deep down its left wing. Aschheim lulled the Huskies to sleep waiting
for their long throw specialist to arrive from his sweeper position. Even on the
wide field, the throw in was delivered into the Connecticut’s goal area and
UConn failed to clear it adequately. The Aschheim striker was the first to the
ball as he turned on it and had a great shot into the net to tie the score at
1-1.
In
the second half, Connecticut’s endurance became the deciding factor and its
well-organized defense kept the ball in its possession. Moshe Shalchon (Rishon
Lezioh, Israel) was also a key substitution at half time was into the midfield.
He created many dangerous opportunities for UConn including one of his own off a
cross on a great overlap from Willis Forko (Houston, Texas) (pictured
to the left) who was fed the ball by Cordeiro.
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