22nd July 2023
Colchester United vs Peterborough United @ Colchester Community Stadium
Pre-Season Friendly (League Two vs League One)
15:00 KO
£10 entry
Half-time score: Colchester United 0-1 Peterborough United
Goals:
Peterborough United: Clarke-Harris - 9'
Colchester United: Chilvers - 60' (P)
Final Score: Colchester United 1-1 Peterborough United
There was a small £1.50 programme available for todays pre-season friendly, with Matt Jay on the front cover proudly showing off the new Col U home shirt. At first I felt there was a distinct lack of blue on the shirt, but having seen the players today, I am certainly warming to it, and may have to treat myself!
KEY MOMENTS
CU = Colchester United
PU = Peterborough United
9' - PU - GOAL (0-1) - Ball out to Tomlinson down the left wing, he crosses a dangerous ball into the box and goal poacher supremo Clarke-Harris pounces to hit the ball in from close range, easy pickings.
31' - CU - Chilvers has a crack from 30yards, his effort fizzes just wide.
38' - CU - Read swings in a left footed corner, it was heading straight into the goal at the near post, but it is headed off the line by the defender, this is why you stick a man on each post!
43' - PU - Ex-Col U player Poku goes on a good run cleaving through the middle of the park, he gets into the box, jinks and then shoots, the ball crashes into Dallison and loops just over the bar.
48' - PU - Nightmare moment, a pass is intercepted by Corbett, he is through on goal, manages to wrong foot Goodman, the goal is at his mercy, but his effort crashes into the post and out, a big let off!
53' - CU - A neat sweeping move sees Chilvers and Read interlink in the middle, they get Newby into some space down the right wing, he whips the ball in, Peterborough fail to clear and the ball bobbles about inside the box, Ihionvien picks up the ball and from a tight angle shoots, but his effort blazes over.
54' - CU - Chilvers attacks down the left wing, he cuts across, leaving the defender flailing behind, and squares the ball to Ihionvien, he hits the ball first time and from the edge of the box it swerves the wrong side of the post.
60' - CU - PENALTY & GOAL (1-1) - Absolute shambles from keeper Blackmore, he fumbles and kind of drops the ball, Tovide is quickest to react and as he is about to shoot he his clattered by a panicking defender, the referee points immediately to the spot. Up-steps Chilves who despatches the spot kick with ease, a well deserved equaliser against the higher league opponents.
60' - CU - Chilvers is able to immediately follow up with a spectacular shot from 25yards out, it is heading in, but Blackmore is able to get a fingertip to the ball to push it just over the bar to concede a corner.
65' - CU - Ihionvien steals the ball from the defenders, he takes the ball forwards into the box, makes the space for a strike, but a block comes in at the final moment and the ball spins out for a corner, unlucky from the youngster.
69' - PU - Excellent interplay between Ajiboye and Kioso sees the latter released down the right wing, with time he whips in a pin-point ball, the diving Tshimanga gets his head on it, but the contact is minimal and it skims off his head and beyond, literally millimeters off being a dead certain goal.
76' - PU - A ball is crossed in from the left wing and a deflection/shot sends the ball towards goal which forces an exceptional reaction save from Goodman.
84' - CU - Cooper hits a fine ball through to release big John Akinde who springs the offside trap, he surges towards the goal and shoots towards the near post, but the keeper is able to turn it out for a corner, I was certain to see the net ripple, gutted to not get the L1 scalp as it was deserved from the lads.
Line-Ups:
COLCHESTER UNITED: Owen Goodman, Jayden Fevrier, Tom Dallison, Connor Hall, Nico Lawrence, Arthur Read, Ellis Iandolo, Noah Chilvers, Mauro Bandeira, Samson Tovide, Donell Thomas, Will Greenidge, Ronny Nelson, Al-Amin Kazeem, Marley Marshall-Miranda, Alex Newby, Chay Cooper, Matt Jay, Tom Hopper, John Akinde, Frankie Terry.
PETERBOROUGH UNITED: Nicholas Bilokapic, James Dornelly, Peter Kioso, Ronnie Edwards, Josh Knight, Ryan De Havilland, Jonson Clarke-Harris, Kwame Poku, Emmanuel Fernandez, Joe Tomlinson, Hector Kyprianou, Kai Corbett, Will Blackmore, Charlie O'Connell, Romoney Crichlow, David Ajiboye, Harrison Burrows, Archie Collins, Jeando Fuchs, Joel Randall, Ephron Mason-Clark, Kabongo Tshimanga.
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