Joel kept us in that game with 3 really good saves. Andreas was trying to shoot too much, and so was Harrop. Not that I have a problem with players shooting, but not when there's plenty of bodies in the way.
FA Youth Cup: Leicester City vs. United
- Thread starter gooDevil
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Always good to read about matches a year after they happened.
A month.
Eh? Why a 15 minute half?
Kids these days. Lazy cnuts.
Yeah, that too.
Having just got my brain into gear I've worked out exactly what's been going on here. And deleted my initial post out of embarrasment.
Huddersfield in the next round don't sound too bad on paper - but they have been really impressive in the league below us. 14 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats in all competition indicates that it will be a tough game for us.
Woops! Thank you sir.
FA Youth Cup fourth round
Thursday 16 January
King Power Stadium, Leicester
LEICESTER CITY 0
MANCHESTER UTD 1
(A.Pereira 101)
After Extra Time
16/01/2014 21:25, Report by Adam Marshall
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FAYC: Leicester 0 Utd 1
Manchester United progressed past Leicester City in the fourth round of the FA Youth Cup thanks to a deflected extra-time strike by Andreas Pereira.
The Reds were made to fight all the way by the Foxes at the King Power Stadium but eventually secured a visit to Huddersfield Town on a draining evening for the two sets of players.
Paul McGuinness' side were dealt a real blow when James Wilson twisted his ankle in training on Wednesday to join knee-injury victim Ashley Fletcher on the sidelines with Under-16 prospect Marcus Rashford instead pitched into a lone striker's role.
It was nip and tuck in the first half with the Reds enjoying spells of possession but rarely troubling the well-organised City backline. Macauley King was booked inside five minutes for a late tackle on Ben Barber but the hosts did not need to resort to aggressive tactics to keep United at bay.
Josh Harrop and skipper Andreas Pereira produced tame efforts before Joel Castro Pereira produced saves to thwart Kyle Bailey and Brandon Fox, with the latter a genuinely top-class stop after a right-footed screamer appeared destined for the net.
Callum Evans' inviting cross deserved a finish but it perhaps said much that the closest Red to it was fellow full-back Barber while Harrop spurned the clearest opening of the half, riding a foul challenge inside the box, but firing well off target. Andreas Pereira had a deflected attempt wide soon afterwards as Leicester were more accurate with their shooting with Matty Miles' snap-shot well held by Joel Castro Pereira.
Although United started the second period in attacking mode, Liam Sharpe was still not extended as he watched a speculative long-ranger by Nicholas Ioannou loop wide. Furthermore, the East Midlanders remained a threat during their sporadic moves forward with Fox belting a shot into the side-netting and then almost pouncing after a lightning run by Bailey.
Rashford went off with cramp after giving his all to hand Demetri Mitchell a chance to impress and provide a cutting edge. With four minutes left of normal time, Andreas Pereira arrowed a trademark free-kick towards goal that forced a fingertip save out of Sharpe and the home keeper then kept out Mitchell at his near post after a spellbinding piece of skill by the substitute.
Joel Castro Pereira made another outstanding stop from Daniel Rowe but was grateful for a Mitchell clearance when he missed the resulting corner and, after Matthew Willock and Andreas Pereira cleared the bar with attempts, another save by the United No1 sparked the attack that led to the goal.
Andreas Pereira collected a Harrop pass and saw his shot from the edge of the 'D' loop off Sam Jones and over the stranded Sharpe to finally break the deadlock with 101 minutes on the clock. Ioannou and Ryan McConnell continued to defend in resilient fashion at the heart of the defence and the solitary goal proved sufficient in the end with Evans also putting in a great shift during the additional 30 minutes.
United: J.Pereira; Evans, McConnell, Ioannou (Borthwick-Jackson 117), Barber; Janko, Goss, Willock, A.Pereira, Harrop (Riley 113); Rashford (Mitchell 80). Subs not used: Henderson, Thompson.
Very good performance from Joel Pereira last night.
Great to see Pereira seems to have backed down from his insistence to play U21 football. Not that he doesn't maybe deserve U21 football, but playing U18 is better than getting few minutes at U21.