New era at Dynamo starts with defeat at Chasetown
PITCHING IN NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE MIDLANDS DIVISION. CHASETOWN 3 LOUGHBOROUGH DYNAMO 0
LOUGHBOROUGH Dynamo lost 3-0 away at Chasetown this weekend in Brad Munn’s first game in charge as Head Coach.
However, the scoreline didn’t necessarily reflect the Dynamo performance as on another day they could easily have had two or three goals of their own.
The Moes are currently on a poor run of form and haven’t won a match since October 2. However, the first half against Chasetown was a big improvement on what Dynamo fans have seen recently with the Moes defence restricting Chasetown to half chances and shots that were off target and Dynamo never really looked rattled or threatened.
And Dynamo were able to create a couple of chances of their own. Kevin Bastos had the ball 25 yards out but his shot went over the bar before Curtis Burrows had a shot cleared off the line.
One of the highlights of the half for Dynamo was the performance of new signing Aimé Kamdem who was defensively solid at right back and got forward regularly as well.
However, there was just one moment of madness for Dynamo in the first half that Head Coach Brad Munn described as a one in 100 goal to concede. The ball was played forward in the air by Chasetown and defender Rory Coleman headed it back towards goal without realising goalkeeper Jay Alexander had come to collect it and the ball trickled into the goal to make it 1-0.
To make matters worse, goalkeeper Jay Alexander collided with the post in an effort to keep the ball out and he had to be substituted with Ruben Rabstein after 23 minutes.
The second half wasn’t quite as solid for Dynamo as the first and within 60 seconds Chasetown could have been further ahead. They dispossessed the Dynamo defence in their own half and Joey Butlin was played through 1-on-1 but his shot hit the post and bounced away.
Just minutes later Ruben Rabstein made the first of a few excellent saves in the first half when he parried a fierce shot away and the rebound was cleared off the line by a defender.
And on the 57th minute Chasetown’s dominance earned themselves a penalty that Jack Langston stepped up and converted to make it 2-0.
Dynamo did still get into some decent positions in the second half but often their final ball was lacking and they never really created more than half chances with the Chasetown keeper never really having a save to make.
And then in injury time, Chasetown scored their first goal from open play with Joey Butlin weaving into the penalty area and his shot found the left corner to finish the scoring at 3-0.
Loughborough Dynamo will now move onto next Saturday and they host Ilkeston Town who are another team in the top five as they look to register their first win in over a month.