Swansea development squad win 3-1 to reach FAW Youth Cup Final
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| Photo from Supporters Director @HuwCooze, who was clearly in attendance last night! |
After watching their senior colleagues demolish their South Walian rivals a little while ago, the Swans' development team achieved a similar result last night at the GenQuip stadium in Port Talbot. Goals from Ryan Hedges, Josh Sheehan & Kyle Copp (a penalty) were enough to see them through to the final - which will see them play the winner of Llandudno vs The New Saints who play this Sunday.
Ryan Hedges opened the scoring on the half hour mark, capitalising on sloppy play at the back from Cardiff and finishing coolly, and that was the only goal before the interval. The second half sprang to life though - first Cardiff got back on level terms through Abdi Noor, who smashed a half volley past Oliver Davies in the Swansea goal, before the undoubted moment of the match came through Swansea captain Josh Sheehan.
Reportedly impressive throughout, Sheehan put the icing on his cake when he spotted Cardiff 'keeper Massaro off his line. Without hesitating, he struck a fourty-five yard effort which left the goalkeeper stranded, and the Swans were celebrating regaining the lead. The goal came in the sixty-fourth minute, and the score remained that way until David Tutonda fouled Kyle Copp ten minutes from time. The foul was in the area, so Swansea had a penalty while Tutonda received a second yellow for his troubles, and Copp himself got up to dispatch the penalty down the middle.
The extra man advantage meant Swansea were able to see out the rest of the game with ease, and they're now in contention to win the FAW Youth Cup for a remarkable FIFTH time in a row! That represents a great effort by our academy team, and hopefully they can once again see their charges raise the trophy when the final comes around.