A poor Glasgow City first half performance meant they trailed 1-0 at half time to WFC Osijek and although they were enjoying the majority of the possession an early goal for the Croatians meant they sat back looking to break on the counter attack and were proving difficult to break down. City got back on level terms on 66 minutes as centre half Danica Dalziel forced the ball over the line at the back post after Jane Ross had crossed the ball following a move from a City corner kick. However no sooner had City got back in the game they made an error at the back, gifting Osijek a goal to take the lead again with only 16 minutes remaining. But City dug deep and continued to heavily press Osijek and four minutes later Dalziel scored again, this time firing low into the bottom corner from the edge of the box after a City free kick. With ten minutes remaining, midfielder Leanne Crichton headed inches past the post but when it counted up stepped Emma Mitchell to score a quite magnificent winner for the Scottish Champions. From a free kick wide out of the right hand side and 25 yards from goal, Mitchell hit a powerful and unstoppable left foot shot straight into the opposite top corner to give City a 3-2 lead and ultimately the win they craved. Speaking this morning, Head coach Eddie Wolecki Black said: "First and foremost we got three points. In the Champions League, the games should be tough and it was tough. There is not a better way to win a game of football than to come back and score twice in the last 7 minutes. I did tell the team that this would be as tough as it has ever been as a group stage for us and I think that was proved yesterday. I think people may forget that we have just defeated a team who were in the knock out round of 32 last year. We just want to put ourselves in a position now to win tomorrow’s game to have the best chance possible going into the last match of progression." Tomorrow, City face Moldovan side FC Noroc Nimoreni, who went down 6-0 to Finnish Champions PK-35 Vantaa in the other game of the group played yesterday.
Source: FOOTYMAD
