Lion FC vs Red Star 35s

Match Reports

Lion Report:

Late winner for Red Star and weak squad for us due to Welsh lock down, have lost 4 players that live the other side of the bridge :o(

Red Star Report:

Having both benefited from a bye in the first round, both Lion and Red Star came into this tie chomping at the bit for a taste of cup glory. It was an evenly-matched encounter from the start and it was the goalies who helped break the deadlock, with Red Star first presenting Lion with a tap-in to take the lead, and then returning the favour a few minutes late by failing to clear trouble on the edge of the box and giving Tom Sewell the opportunity to equalise, albeit from a tight angle. It was tit-for-tat for the remainder of the game, first Lion took the lead with a strong finish, but with twenty minutes to go Red Star levelled things up and capitalising on that momentum were able to continue piling on the pressure and score a third. It was one of those games which could have easily gone the other way, but it’s Red Star who look forward to a QF appearance in the cup. I want to thank Lion FC for being excellent opposition to play against but also very Corinthian in the way they go about things – I offered them a walkover in Sept when we couldn’t put a team together for this fixture and they graciously decided it was better to rearrange so that both teams could play more football.