Photo by George Arghir
By Isabel Matthews
Redditch United suffered yet another late narrow defeat, as they lost 0-1 home to Peterborough Sports.
It was a difficult start for the Reds, with strong possession from Peterborough, but they failed to concede.
Peterborough player, Micheal Richens called for a penalty for a pull on his shirt, but the referee waved it off. Reds’ Morgan Owen also called for a penalty after an altercation with Richens but it was too waved off.
Two yellow cards were awarded to Billy Fielding in the 38th minute and Stanley Straw in the 45th minute.
Halftime score: Redditch United 0-0 Peterborough Sports
Da Silva started the second half strong down the ride hand side but was held off by Lewis Green.
In the 54th minute Harrison Hazard drove inside but was fouled on the edge of the box by Peterborough player. The Redditch players and fans called for a penalty, the Peterborough man is booked, and a free kick was given.
The freekick was taken by Dan Sweeney, which hit the crossbar.
There were two chnages for Redditch, Aram Soleman was brought on to replace Gus Mafuta, and Tyler Bruck replaced Fielding.
Jimmy Fry’s men continued to make efforts to score with Da Silva narrowly missing the bar in the box.
Peterborough player Harvey Williams drove down the right hand side, before squaring it across goal for Harry Vince down the left-hand side who tapped the ball into the goal to give the visitors a late lead.
Sweeney held up the ball and released it to Tyler Bruck, who took a shot straight down the middle in the box, but it was saved by the Peterborough goalie.
A freekick was taken by Hazard and it bounced back to Da Silva who shot too high into the air and over the goal.
The rest of the game saw strong efforts from Redditch, but the game ended in a defeat.
Final score: Redditch United 0-1 Peterborough Sports
Redditch United XI: Brown; Shambrook, Straw, Owen; King, Mafuta, Hazard, Fielding, Bunn (C); Da Silva, Sweeney.
Subs: Cutler, Soleman (63’), Bruck (74’), Johnson, Fry.
