After a poor result last week put behind us we focused on the game ahead with the steelers
The first half started strong with some good attacking moves from the reds a shot on 3 minutes from Georgie hickling saved by the steelers inform keeper resulting in a corner for the reds
A brilliant corner from Georgie defended well by the steelers and a break from Midfield towards the barnsley goal lead to a one on one with the barnsley keeper and a shot into the bottom corner made iti 0-1 to Sheffield steelers
Barnsley kept pressing the steelers defence and resulted in a blocked shot on 8 minutes from macie philips
3 minutes later a corner from steelers defended well by the barnsley defence
For the next six minutes it was end to end football brilliant passing from both teams and great defensive work
But on 17 minutes a shot from macie Jones was tipped around the post by the steelers keeper
Minutes later a corner from Georgie lead to a blocked shot from isabelle booker
A corner on 23 minutes for Sheffield and 27 minutes for barnsley lead to nothing
Two minutes later a run into the Sheffield penalty box was defended rewarding barnsley with a corner and
The corner taken by Georgie into the box with steelers trying to clear it but unable to do so and seconds before the half time whistle isabelle heavy bagged a goal on the bottom corner 1-1 at half time
The second half started with a Sheffield attack towards the barnsley goal resulting in a corner for Sheffield but came to nothing
Another ball into the barnsley box was saved by matilda the barnsley keeper only to be parried and the steelers striker to tap it in making it 1-2 to Sheffield
35 minutes a corner from Georgie created a chance for macie Jones to have a shot only to be saved again by the steelers keeper
Two minutes later a corner from Sheffield defended well by barnsley
A tactical substitution saw isabelle booker replaced by kelsey dawson to boost the runs from Midfield to goal and this nearly worked
On 42 minutes an excellant run from kelsey saw another saved shot from the steelers keeper
A corner on 44 minutes from Georgie into the box pinpointed on to macie philips head headed just wide of the post
Minutes later another run from kelsey and a pass to isabelle heavie was saved again
A corner on 49 minutes for the steelers again defended well by barnsley
Substitutes for barnsley in defence saw Lilly scholes and Grace lambert replaced by Lilly corbett and Ella stevens with her debut
A good run into the barnsley area on 52 minutes lead to a shot on the barnsley goal just go wide of the top corner
A corner on 54 minutes defended well by the reds only to be picked up in Midfield by Sheffield and a blocked shot
On 55 minutes a poor clearnce from barnsley and tired legs allowed the Sheffield striker into score Sheffields third 1-3 to Sheffield
Two minutes later same again the tired legs from the barnsley Midfield allowed another run at goal and gift Sheffield a 4th goal 1-4 to Sheffield
The final whistle blew and even though the girls lost they came off smiling knowing they had a great gutsy performance one to be proud of
The steelers only kept in the game by an exceptional performance from there inform keeper to recieve our girl of the match and kelsey dawson recieved the oppositions girl of the match
All in all a stunning performance from both teams and an exciting game the kept the crowd cheering them on