Shrewsbury vs Walsall 12/09/21 – Vitality FA Cup Round One
Venue: Community Pitch (Shrewsbury)
Score 7-3 win for Shrewsbury
As Shrewsbury and Walsall clash for the second week in a row, after a strong victory in the league away at Walsall last week, this week sees Shrewsbury hosting the Saddlers but this time for the first round of the Vitality Women’s FA Cup.
Walsall came to Shrewsbury looking for revenge after losing 7-2 in the first fixture of the season last week, it was a fixture destined to be a battle for the ninety minutes.
Kick-off and immediately Walsall look the aggressors attacking into Shrewsbury’s half and testing the defence of the home team, this continues for the first five minutes of the game which combined with Shrewsbury not looking completely switched on at the start of the game leads to a goal for Walsall after a questionable display of defending
Shrewsbury 0-1 Walsall
That goal appears to have woken Shrewsbury up as they now begin to challenge back against the attacking Walsall, this leads to an attack towards the Walsall end, a shot is attempted towards the goal but is towards the keeper and should be controlled calmly, but due to a slip up from the Walsall goalkeeper the ball finds its way into the goal, an equalizer Shrewsbury wouldn’t have been intending for but will definitely take.
Shrewsbury 1-1 Walsall
Half-Time 1-1
From this point on Shrewsbury look to be the team in control, preventing the Walsall attackers from breaking through towards the Shrewsbury goal, but Shrewsbury themselves seem to not be playing to the level they are capable of with possession being lost due to misplaced passes and poor team cohesion. This leads to a long ball from Walsall going over the Shrewsbury defence, one of the Shrewsbury defenders tries to head it back to the goalkeeper, but the header only skims of the defender’s head and leads to the Walsall forward scoring against the goalkeeper.
Shrewsbury 1-2 Walsall
Shrewsbury go back on the attack with an impressive display of dribbling in the midfield that gets round multiple Walsall players, the ball is played through to the Shrewsbury forward and after a fumble in the box the ball in shot one last time and finds its way into the back of the net
Shrewsbury 2-2 Walsall
Shrewsbury now look to have complete control of the game with all attacks from Walsall being stopped in their path, whereas Shrewsbury have multiple attempts towards the Walsall goal
Walsall for the first time in a while get a break away from the defence wide on the left side of the Shrewsbury half, the Walsall forward tries their luck after seeing the Shrewsbury goalkeeper of their line, amazingly the ball is able to chip the keeper who’s far from reaching the ball, a goal that catches everyone off guard to give Walsall the lead
Shrewsbury 2-3 Walsall
Shrewsbury now on the back foot with not allot of time left in the game, they become the strong aggressors getting numbers forward and not giving Walsall a second to breathe on the ball. Possession Is heavy deep in the Walsall half with Shrewsbury finding attacks on the edge of the Walsall box, one break away run sees Shrewsbury’s forward in a goalscoring opportunity, but the Walsall player comes in with a challenge just too late that gives Salop a penalty.
The penalty is converted in confident fashion tucked nicely in the right side of the goal bringing the blue and amber army level again.
Shrewsbury 3-3 Walsall
Full-time Shrewsbury 3-3 Walsall
Into extra time and the fitness levels of the Shrewsbury side shows as they are able to give it to Walsall for the whole thirty minutes putting four goals past the Walsall goal securing Shrewsbury the win and progression to the next round of the FA Cup.