Sandbach United Ladies comfortably managed to secure their place in the next round of the Cheshire Women’s Cup during Sunday’s away fixture against Frodsham.

Although the ladies did not play their best football this season, manager Stephen Wright was overall satisfied with the victory.

He said: “It was good that after a rough, 20 minute poor patch, we were finally able to get the ball down and play football.

“The last half an hour saw some really good team goals which I was extremely impressed with.

“To be honest, It does not help when the opposition just play hot potato and punt the ball in the air.

“We started to play much better football once certain players started to keep the ball down and play the simple pass.

The first goal of the game came inside the 20th minute when Lucy Wright lofted the ball from the right side of the field, to Striker Courtney Beeston, who managed to bring the ball down and comfortably place it into the back of the net.

Fifteen minutes later, Beeston scored her second when centre-back Zeta McCormack sent another long ball to the front line, where the striker was once again able to get a foot on the ball and take it around the Frodsham keeper.

Despite two good team goals from Sandbach, the ladies had started the cup match particularly slow and displayed little of the good technical ability that everyone knows they possess as a team.

Lilo Leikauf, in centre midfield, in particular was one of the individuals who encouraged everyone else to get the ball down on the deck and play the simple nest passing which they had been missing for most of the first half.

Stephen Wright said: “Lilo played really well on Sunday. She got the ball down and played simple football.

“Once everyone saw what Lilo was doing it, it spread like wildfire and it was really good to see everyone else starting to calm down and relax on the ball.”

The style of football which Frodsham were playing, simply launching the ball forward, seemed to shake up Sandbach’s regular quick passing style of play and it was only until the second half when the Ladies finally started to get going.

Into the second half, Sandbach started to grow in confidence and inside the 67th minute Beth Jones, who had been pushed from defence to the left wing, managed to bag her first goal of the 2019/2020 season.

The goal came after Beeston’s powerful high shot on goal, hit the bar and fell back out to Jones who was waiting patiently on the back post.

In the 73rd minute, Captain Shannon Moores also managed to get on the score sheet when Lucy Wright slipped the ball through the middle of the Frodsham defence where she was then able to comfortably place the ball in the bottom left corner.

However, a minute later, Frodsham had a chance when Sandbach lost possession of the ball and were able to attack forward.

Luckily for Sandbach, a Frodsham shot fumbled, hit the post and went out for a goal kick.

However, Sandbach reacted well and in the 76th minute, Lucy Wright was once again able to link up with Moores after a ball was knocked forward where she was then able to lace the ball into the net from 18 yards out.

With ten minutes left on the clock, Beeston managed to secure her third of the game when Moores simply tapped the ball to her feet where she was then able to run past a Frodsham defender and take the ball around the keeper once again.

With minutes to go, Moore’s was also able to bag herself a third goal.

After a skillful run, Beeston managed to successfully send the ball towards goal past the Frodsham defence, towards Moores, who then placed the seventh and final goal of the game into the net.

A large confident win is exactly what the ladies needed heading into this week’s away league fixture against Macclesfield Town Ladies.

When the teams last met, Sandbach United lost 3-1 in a cup match away at Back Lane Playing Fields.

Macclesfield have proven to be a tough team for Sandbach but hopefully the ladies can take their winning confidence into next week’s important fixture which will be played away at Back Lane, 2pm Kick Offt

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