The Cavaliers experienced no issues carrying the momentum of Friday night’s electrifying victory more than Virginia Tech into their next match. A dominating energy from start out to complete that includes goals from four diverse scorers manufactured a relaxed 5- victory for the Virginia men’s soccer group in excess of La Salle on Tuesday evening at Klockner Stadium.
It was clear from the starting that the Cavaliers had been likely to have a substantial edge in possession and scoring likelihood because of to their superior passing and ball control in the midfield. Virginia earned its initially corner kick possibility a lot less than two minutes into the match, the first of seven corners the Hoos would have in the opening time period as in comparison to zero for the Explorers.
It took significantly less than 12 minutes for UVA to get on the board first. Chasing a pass that was headed for the finish line, Leo Afonso fought hard to get a leg all-around his defender to retain the ball in bounds. He was then tackled by La Salle’s Talla Faye in the box and awarded a penalty kick. La Salle goalkeeper Valentin Kneis guessed in the right route, but Afonso’s kick was incredibly very well-struck and very well-placed, beating Kneis to the best appropriate corner for his group-foremost fourth purpose of the year.
Though La Salle had only two photographs in the to start with half as as opposed to 14 for Virginia, the Explorers did exam the UVA defense a several periods with threatening scoring alternatives. The Cavaliers took advantage each time the Explorers prolonged by themselves, having said that, countering with scoring odds of their have.
JMU transfer Axel Ahlander recorded his first objective in a Virginia uniform with just more than 10 minutes remaining in the initial half. Afonso chased a long move into the appropriate corner and saved it before passing to Ahlander, who used a outstanding shift to switch and absolutely free himself for a shot. It was a intense angle, but Ahlander buried it within the considerably submit to double UVA’s direct.
Not contented with their 2- halftime benefit, the Cavaliers remained aggressive through the second 50 percent. In the 54th moment, a further transfer scored his 1st target in the orange and blue as Western Michigan transfer Aidan O’Connor joined the scoring occasion. UVA’s corner kick went lengthy but Axel Ahlander got a head on the ball to retain it in the box. Moritz Kappelsberger acquired a contact on it, environment the ball properly for O’Connor, who blasted it go Kneis to make it 3-.
A lot less than five minutes afterwards, the Cavaliers were celebrating nevertheless one more purpose. Daniel Mangarov took a no cost kick from exterior the box on the proper wing and despatched a attractive cross into the box that observed a streaking Kome Ubogu, who headed it in to set Virginia up 4-.
Even with the match nicely in hand, UVA ongoing to implement stress on the offensive conclude. In the 75th minute, freshman Triton Beauvois was tackled in the box and positioned his penalty kick attempt into the best remaining corner for his initially-job intention.
A different freshman, David Okorie, experienced a possibility to score his initial-occupation target as he as well was tackled in the box to get paid a penalty kick, but Kneis designed a diving help you save to deny Okorie.
Kneis, who is also a freshman beginning in objective for the Explorers, did well to stop the match from turning into a massacre, preserving 9 of the 14 photographs on aim that he faced. UVA goalkeeper Holden Brown was tested late in the activity as La Salle place a couple pictures on purpose to try out to spoil the shutout, but Brown produced the will save to protect the third clean up sheet of the year for himself and the Virginia defense.
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Virginia has now scored nine ambitions in the last two matches, but more importantly, individuals 9 targets have occur from 7 distinct scorers, together with five distinctive goal scorers in opposition to La Salle on Tuesday.
“This crew has far more depth than I can keep in mind,” explained UVA head mentor George Gelnovatch following the match “I am making an attempt to flash back again. I imagine 2008 was the final time I had this variety of depth particularly at the attacking positions, forward positions, huge positions.”
That level of depth will be key for the Cavaliers as they shift further into ACC perform. Now 4-2 on the period and winners of two-straight matches, Virginia will seem to boost to 2- in ACC engage in when Notre Dame will come to Charlottesville on Friday at 7pm at Klockner Stadium.
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