This was a game we had been focusing on for quite a while. The rain held off and there was a bit of a breeze but conditions weren't too bad. The team was the same as the previous week against Moturoa, apart from the subs. Jordan and Michael were both unavailable so we had Cam from the second team as our twelth man. FDMC started with the breeze at their backs in the first half and they did most of the early pressing but by and large our defence coped. They had a lot of pace and we had to be at our best to stop them getting in behind us too often.On one occasion early on in the match Thomas Mosquera did manage to get away from our defence and got on the end of a good cross but couldn't get his header on target. FDMC did take the lead after the half hour when a corner was only partially cleared and one of their players on the edge of the box rammed an unstoppable shot into the net, 0-1. Woodleigh rallied a bit after that and although we failed to score we did create problems for the school team. Halftime score, 0-1. The second half saw Woodleigh start on the front foot. We used the wind well and Sam was bombing their defence with his kicks right from the off. We were winning a lot of corners and that was where our equaliser came from. Danny swung a kick into the box and Mark met the ball with a thumping header giving the FDMC keeper no chance, 1-1. However the game turned on its head shortly after that as FDMC hit us with two goals in a very short space of time. They retook the lead after Mosquera intercepted a loose pass near our penalty area and from his low cross one of his teammates headed the ball home past Sam. The killer third arrived shortly afterwards when from a corner Dom Squatiri glanced a header in at the near post past myself and Sam, 1-3.At this point we could have caved but it says something about us that we didn't. In fact for the rest of the game FDMC ended up hanging on. Sam continued to hammer their defence with his long kicks and it was from another corner we won that we got our second goal. Shaun this time delivered a great cross and Danny was there to get his head on it. The ball bounced down and then in, 2-3.We went hunting for a third and headers from Glynn and Mark were close and Dave, who harried their back four constantly, had the ball around the keeper after nicking it away from him but a defender cleared it away. The final chance came with three minutes left. After some good possession around the edge of their box, Brian squared a good pass to Glynn who ran onto the ball, but his shot went wide. We tried to keep the pressure on them but they managed to keep us further upfield and the ref blew for fulltime not long after. Disappointing to lose like that, but it was a good cup tie and we didn't disgrace ourselves.