Aveley 1, Truro City 2
AVELEY had high hopes of claiming three National League South points against a side that had lost three on the spin, but it was the visitors who were celebrating at the end of Saturday's Parkside clash (21 September).
Perhaps the most influential moment in the match was an early injury suffered by Millers captain Jason Ring who tried to carry on after a painful collision but eventually had to leave the field on 34 minutes.
The visitors made a bright start to the National League South clash and despite two half chances from home midfielder Luke Allen, it was the visitors who almost drew first blood. Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain worked his way into the box and from a tight angle, drew a fine saw from Carey Bloedorn.
At the other end, Dan Lavercombe had to be alert to gather Charlee Hughes' scuffed close range effort as the 20-minute mark approached.
The game then turned on the injury suffered by Ring when he felt the full force of a coming together with Sam Sanders. Both players thundered into the challenge and it was Ring who was left in a heap on the artificial turf.
After a spell of treatment, he initially continued but looked groggy and eventually was taken off. he was later taken to hospital to be checked out but was not deteained and on Sunday was said to be recovering.
With Millers adjusting from the enforced change, Yassine En-Neyah's ball into space invited Jaze Kabia to chase and Nathan Carlyle appeared to be covering well. However, Bloedore came charging from his goal and with neither defender or goalkeeper dealing with the danger, Kabia picked up the scraps to calmly finish into a vacated net.
Straight from the restart, Truro won the ball back and should have made it two. Will Dean headed into the path of Tyler Harvey and bearing down on goal, City's leading marksman opted for a lobbed finish which a back peddling Bloedore managed to palm over the bar.
In first half stoppage time, Aveley levelled in somewhat contentious fashion. City gave the ball away in midfield and after having one cross blocked by Sam Sanders, Luke Allen had a second bite of the cherry and his ball in hit En-Neyah, prompting referee Jack Willmore to point to the spot fir handball, which was a touch fortuitous.
However, Hughes wasn't going to waste the gift and showed real composure to send Dan Lavercombe the wrong way and plant the ball straight down the middle and into the net.
Now it was Truro's turn to stutter after conceding and but for a magnificent save from Lavercombe to deny Josh Anifowose, who had replaced Ring, Millers would have led at the break.
After the interval, the game was stop-start for large parts, with few chances.
However, the decisive moment came on 78 minutes when Harvey was picked out by a cross and he ran across the front of his defender and found the space that allowed him to powering a header into the top corner in emphatic fashion.
There was no way back for Millers after that and manager Danny Scopes was left to rue the day, describing his side's performance as 'disappointing'.
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