Youth Team/Cup

[Allan]

McConnell is on for Corness.

[alles ist gut]

And 6-1 is how it ends.

[Allan]

The 18s are in FA Youth Cup action this evening as they travel to take on Leicester. Kick-off at 19:00.

 

No live coverage of the game that I can see at the moment - so will provide updates provided by FlashScore and/or SoccerWay.

 

Winners of this tie will face Arsenal or West Ham in the quarter-finals.

[sir roger]

Not getting an easy ride this year

[Allan]

Unchanged from the side that started in victory over the Mancs in the previous round.

 

Davies; Bradley, Quansah, Koumetio, Norris; Stephenson, Corness, Morton; Balagizi, Woltman, Musialowski.

 

Subs: Mrozek, Jonas, Wilson, Chambers, Mabaya, Frauendorf.

[Allan]

8 minutes ago, sir roger said:

Not getting an easy ride this year

Nope. Got a chance though. Both Manc sides are out, as are Chelsea who are normally very strong in this competition. (The Ev knocked Chelsea out yesterday, so potential derby is still on).

 

FA Youth Cup Fixtures & Results

 

[John102]

Im assuming Villa are playing some of those that impressed against us?

[Allan]

Quarter-final draw:

 

 

The winners of our game tonight will host Arsenal or West Ham.

 

West Brom against The Ev should be a good game at this level. Both teams have good academies in fairness.

 

If we can make it to the semi, the of the teams left, you'd probably want the winner of Ipswich vs Sheffield United/Bristol City.

 

 

[Allan]

2 minutes ago, John102 said:

Im assuming Villa are playing some of those that impressed against us?

Indeed.

 

Villa 9 Burton 0

 

[Allan]

Leicester 0 Liverpool 1

 

The usual sites are behind - Luckily Andy Kelly from the Echo is at the game and providing updates on Twitter - @AndyK_LivNews

 

Balagizi opened the scoring after 10 minutes - Dominic Corness with the assist.

[Allan]

Half-time - Leicester 0 Liverpool 1

 

Balagizi's goal the difference at the break.

 

Andy Kelly says we've been the better side and could have had a second, though Leicester are a threat on the break.

[Allan]

Leicester 0 Liverpool 3

 

Max Woltman with a quick fire brace to give us a very nice cushion going into the last knockings of the tie.

[Allan]

Leicester 1 Liverpool 3

 

The home side pull one back from the pelanty spot.

[Allan]

Around 10 minutes to go at Leicester.

 

Meanwhile, somewhere in that there London, Arsenal are 2-0 up away at West Ham.

 

As it stands, we'll be hosting the Arsenal at the end of the month.

[Allan]

Frauendorf returns from injury and replaces Musialowski for the last 10 minutes or so.

[Allan]

Arsenal are now 3-0 up at West Ham. Not so happy young Hammers this evening.

[Allan]

West Ham 1 Arsenal 3

 

~5 minutes to go. West Ham have pulled one back. 

[Allan]

Leicester 1 Liverpool 4

 

Balagizi has his second of the game, and that should be all she wrote with less than 5 minutes left to play.

[Allan]

Leicester 1 Liverpool 5

 

Another quick fire double for the young Reds. Balagizi has his hat-trick.

[Allan]

Full-time - Leicester 1 Liverpool 5

 

Comfortable win for our lads. The prize is a quarter-final tie against Arsenal who beat West Ham 3-1.

[sir roger]

Gary Lineker , Engelbert Humperdinck , Showaddywaddy , Gok Wan , Kasabian , Willie Thorne , David and Richard Attenborough , David Icke , your boys took a hell of a beatimg.

[alles ist gut]

Not going to be much use for this thread in our brave new world of intergalactic bullshit, but while we’re waiting for the end, we’ve got an Under-23s game at Blackburn (well, Leyland, 7 pm, YouTube) :

Hughes; Gallacher, Beck, Clayton, Boyes, Dixon-Bonner, Cain, Clarkson, Longstaff, Woodburn, Hardy.

Subs : Mrozek, Savage, Morton, O’Rourke, Glatzel.

[Allan]

Here's a link to the stream - Blackburn Offal YouTube.

[Allan]

Great to see Glatzel back!

[alles ist gut]

We give away an indirect free kick for a back pass in the area after Clarkson tried to dribble on the edge of the box.

Fortunately we block the shot.