The Quarter Finals of the Combined Counties Midweek Cup where played on Wednesday and Fulham faced up against Ebbsfleet United’s B side at Leatherhead FC.
Similar to our previous midweek cup line up’s the squad featured a mix of both first team and U18s players, such as Ilana Harris-Walters, Chloe Connelley and Ruby Murtagh.
Our starting XI were first team players including Libby Stratton in goal and Anisa Hill, Loïs Konan and Lilly Lambird in midfield.
In the first 10 minutes of the first half both sides put up a very strong fight, displaying great link up play and challenging each other.
After some back and forth play, Ebbsfleet B did manage to break through and get a couple shots on target, however Libby Stratton came out and made multiple great saves to make sure the score line stayed even.
After a lot of defending, Fulham where able to raise their performance level near the end of the first half and put pressure on the Ebbsfleet defence, Tia Foreman had a free kick opportunity and Georgia Heasman was constantly on the move, hunting down the ball.
The score stayed 0-0 at half-time as neither team where able to complete and attack with a goal.
The second half was underway, and Georgia Heasman made many advances towards goal, this paid off as she put Fulham 1-0 up with the help of Summer Roberts as they linked up, Roberts crossed the ball into the box and Heasman was there ready to put it past the Ebbsfleet Goalkeeper and into the back of the net.
This filled Fulham with confidence, and they kept on attacking Ebbsfeet’s half.
Anisha Hill and Megalie Mendes stepped up and made strides towards goal putting Fulham in great shooting opportunities and creating positive attacking movements.
The second half took a dramatic turn when Ebbsfleet where able to put two goals into the back of the net, with two minutes to go. Fulham pushed and pushed but were unable to equalise, leaving the score at full-time 2-1 to Ebbsfleet and ending Fulham Combined Counties Midweek Cup run.
