Waters' 'Olympic goal' boosts Blancos

Andy Myerson
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A goal direct from a corner from Adam Waters was the pick of the bunch as Los Blancos did their promotion hopes a whole lot of good as they bypassed the challenge of Glenthorne B in west Hendon.

Further strikes from Joel Kutner and Elliot Kennard sealed Blancos' ninth win of the season.

Blancos started very brightly and had a hatful of chances early on. The best of these fell to Kutner who having worked his way into the box, with only the keeper to beat forced the first of many fine saves from Thornes keeper Sapler.

The resulting corner brought a deserved lead as an inswinger from Waters went in off the bar.

The only real chance Thornes created was from a dodgy back pass and the resulting shot was stopped by Cohen in the Blancos goal and mopped up by Ben Annis.

Waters was a threat all day and he almost had a second when a fizzing shot from 25 yards heading for the top corner was superbly (as on save of the week superb!) turned over the bar by a flying Sapler.

The second half saw Glenthorne with a bit more possession but no final product. The whites doubled their lead after another good save from Sapler fed Kutner who half volleyed home in style.

Hersh then had a great opportunity to increase the lead when he met a cross five yards out but somehow Sapler stopped it going in.

At 2-0 it would have been easy for Blancos to sit back, but they carried on pushing and were rewarded when a lung-busting run from right-back Elliot Kennard saw him played through on goal and he made no mistake with a cool finish to celebrate his recent engagement.

The last 10 minutes were made more exciting when some Glenthorne pressure was rewarded with a consolation after a fine shot from 20 yards nestled into bottom left of the net.

Glenthorne joint-player-manager Liam Stein told JC Sport: "We dominated the game on a typical Sunday morning surface but weren't clinical enough in front of goal and Blancos punished us as a result.

"On another day the scoreline could've been very different. We have big game next week against Redbridge to look forward to and will be aiming to improve our finishing before then."

Blancos secretary Josh Cohen saw the comments from the blues boss and replied: "I'm not sure which game he was watching. Blancos controlled the game and defended valiantly when needed but were more than value for the three points today. We wish Glenthorne well for the rest of the season."

DC Prediction: Blancos 2 Glenthorne B 2

PP Prediction: Blancos 2 Glenthorne B 2