Brent put on a superb display to record their biggest win of the season against Camden & Islington at Market Road. Several Brent players returned from a successful spell playing for the Middlesex Schools’ FA Representative squad and the experience seems to have done them good.
Brent went on the attack straight from the kick off. In a sign of things to come all action left winger Reece Weekes fired a fierce shot just wide of the post. Weekes then crossed for Kyle Mathew but the keeper saved well before Gareth Balekomoso hit a long range effort just over the bar. Brent broke the deadlock after ten minutes when Mathews played a slide rule pass for Keiano Josephs to blast home to open the scoring. Brent increased their lead when Weekes beat his man to curl in a inviting cross from the left which allowed Jaevon Brathwaite to score from close range. Camden fought back but the formidable centre back pairing of Captain Michael Adjei and William Lahti were equal to the challenge and snuffed out two good attacks. Then Dominik Gunar combined with Kieran Ali who passed to Josephs who fired home. 3-0.
After the break, Brent resumed the attack and Josephs scored with a superb solo effort beating three players with blistering pace before smashing the ball past the keeper and make the score 4-0. Brent rung the changes, bringing on strikers Wichtor Wachala and Mohamed Elmabarak. They both made an instant impact as Elmabarak passed to Mathews to lob the keeper from 25 yards to make it 5-0.
Wachala’s skill and neat passing was a key factor and his superb chipped pass over the defense released TJ Clarke who outpaced the Camden defense to coolly pass the ball into the corner to complete the scoring 6-0. Camden grabbed a deserved consolation with the last kick of the game. Brent coach Chris Ampofo “It was a great team performance. What pleased me most is how hard the players battled for each other. They work hard in training and are getting their reward on the pitch”.
The win moves Brent to second in the league. They play Hillingdon next at home on March 7.
Brent squad – William and Tommy Lahti (Newman), Odain Donaldson, Dominik Gunar (Capital City), , Michael Adjei (capt), Gareth Balekomoso, Reece Weekes ), Elgi Mayonika, Cai Burrows (St Gregorys) Kush Garara, Kiran Ali (Kingsbury), Mohamed Elmabarak (Copland) , Kyle Mathews (Wembley),, Wicktor Wachala (Ark), TJ Clarke (Preston Manor), ,Jaevon Brathwaite, Keiano Joseph (Claremont)
Match sponsor: CarGiant