London City (English Team)

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Day 1. CUP (Preliminary Rnd, 1st Leg)

ROBOT FC 0-1 LONDON CITY (99.6 v 97.2)

City started the cup campaign out in Cambodia, and came away with a good result against slightly better opposition. In a game with very few real incidents, the decisive point came after 61 minutes, when David Allen produced a perfect cross for Marcos Lepe to power home a header. Hopefully this win will stand us in good stead for the return, having a precious away goal in the bag.

Starting XI: L.Bartha, M.Lepe, D.Allen, J.Watts, B.Gonzalez, S.Noda, V.Chekmarev, D.Goody, R.Kelly, C.Charlton, W.Dixon

Substitution: A.James replaced Chekmarev

Man of the Match: DAVID ALLEN

Main Highlights:

40'...Brandon Gonzalez given yellow card
61'...MARCOS LEPE heads home a cross from David Allen
77'...Aiden James replaced Vener Chekmarev


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Day 2. CUP (Preliminary Round, 2nd Leg)

LONDON CITY 2-2 ROBOT FC (97.2 v 99.7)

This was a nervy affair for us. Starting the match, 1-0 ahead from the first leg, we never got to relax, because our opponents took a very early lead, to level the tie on aggregate. Fortunately, Ronan Kelly was able to take a pass from Wayne Dixon six minutes later, to restore our overall lead. The score remained this way until the 70th minute when Aiden James made room for himself and fired home to give us the lead on the night. Seven minutes from time, Bano scored his second goal to level the match score again, and put the visitor's in with a chance of progress, because of their away goals. With seconds remaining, a free kick for Robot was stopped by our defensive wall, to give us a 3-2 aggregate win.

Starting XI: L.Bartha, M.Lepe, D.Allen, J.Watts, B.Gonzalez, S.Noda, V.Chekmarev, A.James, R.Kelly, C.Charlton, W.Dixon

Substitution: C.Pigott replaced Charlton

Man of the Match: RONAN KELLY

Main Highlights:

08'...Vener Chekmarev given yellow card
08'...BANO scores for Robot FC
14'...RONAN KELLY fires home after a pass from Wayne Dixon
70'...AIDEN JAMES scores a fine solo goal
77'...Chris pigott replaced Calvin Charlton
83'...BANO scores again for Robot FC
84'...Marcos Lepe receives a yellow card