Moors
somehow shared a 0-0 draw after extra-time with Brackley Town at St James`s
Park today.
After
a first half of relatively few opportunities, Brackley had a great chance to
take the lead after 68 minutes.
Matt
Lowe`s shot was blocked and fell to Carl Baker, whose shot was cleared but only
to Lowe whose shot hits the the post.
Ten
minutes from the end of normal time, the home side`s sub, Luke Fairlamb, beats
his man but his cross hit the outside of the post and was hacked to safety.
Then,
in extra-time, Baker struck the crossbar and in the 116th minute,
Lee Ndlovu missed the chance of the game when clean through with the goal
unguarded!
But
somehow it ended 0-0 and Moors carried their fortune into the shoot-out to triumph
5-4.
A
terrific crowd of 3,446 saw Chorley also take their place in the final after a
penalty shoot-out after beating Altrincham.
The
major action in this tie came midway through the second half when it was Alty
who broke the deadlock to take a 67th minute lead – Josh Hancock
beating
the offside trap before firing low past Matt Urwin.
But
Hancock`s day went from joy to misery just 5 minutes later when his challenge on
Marcus Carver was deemed worthy of a straight red card.
And
10 minutes later, the Magpies took advantage of their extra man by levelling
the tie when Chris Blakeman's long throw was helped on by Andy Teague and Josh
Wilson prodded home on the line.
Altrincham
defended bravely during extra-time, thanks mainly to Tony Thompson in the
visitors` goal.
However,
it was Chorley `keeper Matt Unwin who proved to be the shoot-out hero, saving
the first three of Alty`s efforts as the hosts ran out 3-1 winners. |