MATCH REPORT: 2006/2007 Season
19 September 2006: CARLING CUP ROUND TWO
READING 3 DARLINGTON 3 (AET, 4-2 penalties)
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goals
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Reading: Lita (31 mins, 35 mins), Mate (86 mins).
Darlington: Johnson (19 pen), Joachim (34 mins, 52 mins). |
Half Time: 2-2 Attendance: 10,353
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teams
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Reading:
Stack, Halls (Harper 102), Bikey, Mate, De la Cruz, Little, Gunnarsson, Oster, Hunt, Lita (Doyle 69), Long.
Subs Not Used: Hahnemann, Hayes, Osano.
Darlington: Stockdale, Duke, James, Holloway, Hutchinson (Close 89), Johnson, Ngoma, Rowson, McLeod (Cummins 60), Joachim, Carlos Logan (Wainwright 64). Subs Not Used: Russell, Armstrong. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
bookings
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Reading: Bikey
Darlington:-. Sent Off: Duke (72 mins). Referee: L Probert (Gloucestershire). |
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report
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Reading struggled to a penalty win against ten man Darlington, after coming from behind three times, to reach round three of the League Cup. The visitors played nearly twenty minutes of normal time and the entire of extra time a man down but held out with an impressive defensive performance to take the game to penalties. It was Reading that got the luck in the penalty shoot out after Darlington sent two sailing over the bar and Hunt scored Reading's first kick after a retake when his first was saved. Bikey stepped up to fire home the winning spot-kick and wrap up the night's entertainment.
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FANS' POST MATCH OPINION
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Six goals, six penalties, three missed penalties, one sending off, 20 loyalty points all for �8! So good to see Darlington get clapped off the field from the Reading fans after this epic encounter and they were certainly very unlucky and gave our reserves a great fright. On the plus points Bikey looked ok and De la Cruz showed glimpses of what he's capable of has did Shane Long, but I think we all know what he's capable of. On the minus side Halls looks one of the most inept players ever to wear a Reading shirt, not even looking fit, but all in all a good starter before the main course on Saturday.
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