Scotland men draw level with Wales after an end to end match

An electric match as Scotland draw 3-3 against Wales in the first of the two match friendly series at Glasgow Green.

Both sides started the game attacking well with Scotland’s Kenny Bain making a great run down the line with his cross just going wide of goal. Wales soon got the ball back and was awarded the first penalty corner of the game taking the lead 1-0 from a Richard Gay drag flick putting it bottom right of the Scotland keeper Allan Dick.

Wales had the edge moving the ball round the Scots, with Scotland attacking well on the counter but not quite finishing in the D. Soon came the equaliser after the ref playing advantage Michael Bremner took a brilliant shot in the middle of the D putting the ball into the top right corner, levelling it 1-1.

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Goal scorer Michael Bremner taken by Ian Buchan

Each side were eager for a second goal and Wales were awarded for their hard work on the ball with another penalty corner. Despite Gay putting the ball into the back of the net the goal did not stand as the Welsh players were obstructing the Scottish defence.

Keeper Dick made a great save getting a stick to the ball after a Welsh shot across goal. Straight back down the other end Wei Adams hits the ball into the D from the far side for Gareth Hall to get a touch to give Scotland the lead, 2-1.

With only a minute gone after the Scots taking the lead Wales converted another penalty corner, with Michael Shaw placing the ball bottom left of the keeper underneath Forsyth, leaving it 2-2 at half time.

Scotland kicked off the second half well, keeping a strong hold on the ball, penetrating the Welsh D. With 45 minutes gone Wales were awarded a penalty corner with Gay getting is his second of the match for Wales to take the lead 3-2.

After going behind Scotland were hungry for a goal adding lots of pressure on the Welsh defence, with Michael Ross put a strong ball across goal sadly for none of the Scots managed to get on the end of it.

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David Forsyth up against Matthew Ruxton captain of Wales taken by Ian Buchan

With just over ten minutes to go Scotland were awarded their first penalty corner of the game, followed by another with the referee awarding a penalty flick after a Welsh foot off the line.

Alan Forsyth coolly stepped up and simply placed it bottom right of the Welsh keeper levelling it 3-3. This spurred the Scots on taking every opportunity to take a shot on goal forcing Welsh keeper Williams to make some great saves to deny the home side that fourth goal. The last action of the match Scotland were awarded a penalty corner which was cleared confidently by the Welsh defence.

Head coach Derek Forysth was disappointed with today’s performance; “Considering we were playing best teams in the world ten days ago, I felt we were a bit far off that which is not where we wanted to be.

“It is important we keep our standards high like we do against tougher opposition but we are currently not producing that consistency so we end up playing at the same level as the opposition.

“We had six new players in today which was a good opportunity to look at them, but overall it was the team’s performance, we didn’t come out and set the tone of the game. The first half was end to end and in the second half we played much better. We certainly created enough opportunities to win the game.

“Tomorrow the guys need to put a better performance in and they know that they need to up their game tomorrow, hopefully better result tomorrow than today.”

The men play again at 12pm tomorrow at the Glasgow National Hockey Centre, spectators welcome.

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