A late winner from Abobaker Eisa gave Wealdstone a 1-0 victory over Watford’s Under-23 side at Grosvenor Vale.
The former Uxbridge midfielder produced a moment of magic to win the game yesterday, cutting inside, beating his man and swerving a shot past Sam Howes in the 86th minute.
Chances were limited for both teams in what was a good pre-season test for both sides, with Wealdstone knocking the ball around well and their opponents proving to be an organised outfit.
Alex Jakubiak had a good chance for Watford after 11 minutes, shrugging off Josh Hill and swerving a shot goal-bound that former Hornet Jonathan North tipped wide.
Jakubiak's experience stood out as he continued to carry the bulk of the attacking threat for the visitors after the break, glancing a header just over before he hit a shot into the side netting with 10 minutes to play.
But it was Eisa who won it with a piece of trickery out on the left, taking on Joy Mukena and firing past former Stones loanee Howes.
The goal scorer almost repeated his heroics just a minute later, doing the same thing to one of Watford’s trialists and unleashing a shot from further out, but this time the ball rebounded back off the outside of the post.
Wealdstone: North (Constable 79), Oshodi (Hunt 64), Brown (Harwood 45), Cox (Sheckleford 64), Hill (Eisa 64), Okimo (Godfrey 64), Green (Whichelow 45), Wellard (Ijaha 64), Benyon (Hippolyte-Patrick 64), Fitchett (Kearney 64), Sellers (Wellard 81).
Watford Under-23s: Gartside; Seasy, Pereira, Eleftheriou, Huja, Rogers, Ryan, Charles, Trialist, Jakubiak, Stewart. Substitutes: Howes, Trialist, Bradbury, Mukena.
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