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Football: Bay Utd grit yields first win

By HB Utd 2 Wanderers 1 Auckland
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16 Nov, 2014 07:00 PM3 mins to read

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Victor Lekaj

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Character isn't a given in sport. It surfaces with a certain degree of trials and tribulation.

A fledgling Hawke's Bay United gave their fans a glimpse of what they are about after clawing their way back to a 2-1 victory over Wanderers Soccer Club in Auckland yesterday.

The Brett Angell-coached three-game-old Bay team found themselves a goal down in their ASB Premiership match after the referee awarded a penalty kick early in the first half at Michaels Ave Reserve.

"There was a bit of a mix-up in the box and a Wanderers player went down and the ref has said pushing and has given them a penalty," explained Bay captain Ross Haviland, after Wanderers midfielder Andre de Jong stepped up to push it past the goalkeeper from the gimme spot.

"I'm not sure what happened there because I wasn't part of it or near it," Haviland said.

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That stung the visitors into action, as left winger Victor Lekaj levelled the scores at one apiece not long after and then put in a great cross from the flank that prompted a Wanderers defender to deflect the ball into his own goalmouth in desperation, as they went into halftime 2-1 up.

It was a tempestuous kick-off with the referee cautioning a few players from both sides as they tested his patience.

"There was a bit of emotion at the start of the game and the ref threw around a few cards."

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Not surprisingly Angell told his troops at halftime to pull their necks in.

"Brett told us not to get carried away with that part of the game and to play a bit of football and we'd come out on top," Haviland said.

They did listen on both counts, although they were unable to exorcise their goal-scoring demons from the previous two games against O-League campaigners Auckland City (lost 3-2) and Team Wellington (2-2).

"We could have put in four or five goals to go ahead but we just couldn't put the final ball into the net," he said as the hosts dominated possession while the visitors resorted to sitting deep to counter-attack considering the Wanderers needed to score.

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Haviland said the artificial surface made it "a little unfair" for teams who train and play on grass.

Midfielder Troy Penny-Cooke Morgan "collapsed on his knee" to be subbed but the team is upbeat he'll recover in time for the away game against Waitakere United in a fortnight.

The Bay have a bye this weekend but the men will be working on tightening their defence and polishing their finishing.

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