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Manor started
this game knowing that only a win would take them through
to the quarter finals. Manager Kevin Durrant and his
staff had done brilliantly in even getting their side
to this position . The first half was dominated by the
home side with their opponents offering nothing in the
way of an attacking threat.
Mauritius seemed
content to play with a lone striker who spent his time
being caught offside. Their defence was repeatedly stretched
by the Manor attack and only a succession of fouls halted
the home side. The game was disrupted by these tactics
from the visitors and made sustained momentum difficult.
Perhaps a less lenient referee might have taken a stricter
approach to the visitors time wasting and niggling fouls.
Having said that, the home side should have gone in
at the interval well in front but poor finishing had
let them down and the game remained scoreless.
Come the second
half and the Manor again fashioned several good chances
but were guilty of over elaboration in front of goal
and should have been more clinical and decisive. As
the home side continued to press for the opening goal
they were caught twice on the break and found themselves
two down with 30 minutes to go. It says a lot for the
spirit of the side as they still went looking for goals
and first Remy Nelson slotted home
from close range to reduce the arrears and secondly
Joe May curled a free kick into the
top corner to level the scores and set up a grandstand
finish.
Try as they did
the Manor were unable to fashion a winner and the score
remained 2-2. Man of the match for the Manor,skipper
Richard Simpson who led by example
tgroughout the match. Manager Kevin Durrant
said " Obviously we are all very low as we have
not qualified for the next phase of the competion. I
really felt that we would go through as we have got
into winning ways . We now have to pick ourselves up
and make a big effort in the league and the Gordon Brasted
Cup as their is still a great deal to play for".
Man
of the Match
Richard
Simpson - Led by Example.
Manor
Team:
Steve
LAMBERT: Jason FOX, Kieran KING; Jamil SYLLA, Joe ELLUL
, Liam ALLEN; Junior YIADOM-KONADU, Fabio JESUS, Manley
BROWN (Captain), Jakovo Odasi-Ulkueku, Liam MULCARE.
Substitutes: Tom QUERRY, Alinani MOUNTER , Alan EAMES,
Beckley LOUKMAN, Antonio YOTOV, Ricardo AMADO.
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