Brentford Women score late to get their first away point of the season
By Joe Acklam
24th Oct 2022 | Football
Chloe Logie grabbed a last gasp equaliser against Sport London E Benfica to get Brentford Women's first away point of the season.
The Bees went into this game having lost their first two away games in LSE Division One North and it seemed to be going that way again going into the final five minutes as Kimberley Castro had given Benfica the lead.
Then the woman of the moment Logie stepped up and once again found the back of the net to earn Brentford a late point.
The draw keeps these two teams level on points with each other, with Brentford above them on goal difference in third and having played a game fewer.
It was an even opening at Gladstone Park with neither side able to create anything clear cut before just after the half hour mark when Castro when through one-on-one and brought a solid save out of Emily Boycott to tip it around the post.
That was a warning shot for what was to come seven minutes later as Kendal Drake played a high ball in and a header was sent towards the goal, and Boycott parried it but this time Castro wasn't to be denied on the rebound and she gave the hosts the lead with half time looming.
Just one minute after the break Logie had her sighter when Sophie Troth slipped her in behind and she tried to slide it beyond Carla Jaramillo but the goalkeeper did excellently to deny her.
Logie was rampant in the second half and was once again proving too much for the Benfica defence as she got beyond them once more when Demi Edwards player a ball in behind but she was once again denied by Jaramillo as her shot lacked the ferocity to defeat the 'keeper.
Jaramillo had proved to be a worthy adversary for Logie all afternoon but it was her mistake which brought about the equaliser in the 85th minute when Troth crossed deep to the far post picking out Nikki Saunders. Although the Benfica stopper prevented the original attempt, she could only push it into the path of Logie who gleefully accepted the gift.
Brentford did have the ball in the back of the net once again when Logie flicked the ball over Jessica Wadey and used her strength to shield the ball away from the defender before roofing her volley, however she was adjudged to have fouled the Benfica player prior to scoring.
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