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Cardiff City U23s 2 Burnley Under 23's 1

Burnley FC


Monday 13th February 2017

The Clarets' hopes of advancing to the knock-out stages of the Premier League Cup were ended with defeat in South Wales.

Youth-team striker Tommy Wood gave Burnley a first-half lead at the Cardiff City Stadium.

Burnley fielded a very young youth side and in the end the experience of Cardiff City's team came through, with a Jamie Veale penalty and a goal from James Waite after the break saw Craig Bellamy's Cardiff side take the points to collect a first win and leave Burnley bottom of Group B.

Victory in their final group game against leaders Sunderland later this month will not be enough for Michael Jolley's side to gain a top-two spot and a place in the last 16 of the competition.

Burnley took an early lead against the Bluebirds as Wood pounced first following a corner to smash the ball home from close range.

Minutes later the Clarets could have been two up as Jimmy Dunne rose highest from a free-kick to connect with a header which blocked on the line before Rhys Abbruzzesse cleared the danger.

Wood Tommy Wood put the Clarets in front


Jolley's youthful side were dominating the opening stages of the game and when Tristan Jumeau found time and space in the area, he hit an effort on goal which forced former Manchester United stopper Ben Amos into a terrific save.

Cardiff's first chance of the game came asVeale's free kick hit the bar from just outside the area.

City came close again minutes later when full-back Cameron Coxe broke through on goal before firing at Burnley keeper Conor Mitchell, who held the ball well.

Jumeau was gifted another opportunity just before the break but Amos denied the winger again to keep the score at 1-0.

The Clarets started the second half on the front foot and were again inches away from grabbing a second as Dan Agyei broke through the Bluebird's defence before firing just over.

The home side were then handed a penalty for handball and captain Veale stepped up and slammed home the equaliser.

And with 15 minutes to go, Cardiff took the lead through winger Waite, who slotted in from close range after receiving a great pass from Marco Weymans.

Although the Clarets fought until the end, pushing for an equaliser, they couldn't find a way through as a cup run that began with a qualifying-round win over Bournemouth in August all but came to an end.

Burnley: Mitchell, Olomewewe, Dunne, Trialist, Wilson (Koiki 73), Birch, Thomas (Yao 80), Jumeau (Chakwana 68), McNeil, Wood, Agyei.

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U23/DVP | CITY 2-1 BURNLEY


BY CARDIFF CITY FC


Cardiff City’s U23 Development side put in a determined and spirited performance to come-back and win from behind when they hosted Burnley at Cardiff City Stadium on Monday, 13th February in the Premier League Cup.

The opening five minutes of the game summed up the competitive nature of this cup tie, with hard tackles being made by both teams. James Waite had a penalty appeal rejected as he seemed to be brought down inside the Burnley box early on.

Burnley captain Arlen Birch proved himself to be a dangerous weapon for the visitors with his long throw and Cardiff were caught out by this as he launched the ball into the area, it wasn’t cleared and the ball fell to Tommy Wood who lashed the ball into the goal to put the Clarets ahead.

The away side continued to threaten from set pieces as Jimmy Dunne directed a header towards goal from a corner. It would've have nestled in the bottom corner had Waite not superbly cleared off the line.

With pace in their attack, Burnley’s strike partnership of Wood and Dan Agyei combined twice to test Cardiff ‘keeper Ben Amos but he was more than up to the challenge, pulling off a variety of great saves to keep Cardiff in the game in the first half.

Cardiff’s best chance of the first half came from a free kick from out wide. Captain Jamie Veale tried to catch away ‘keeper Conor Mitchell off guard as his high, looping effort struck the bar.

As the first half went on it became more and more of a close contest, Cameron Coxe and Marco Weymans both went extremely close with long range efforts.

Coxe came desperately close to producing a wonder strike in the second half as the overlapping full back cut inside off of the right wing before curling the ball with his left just over the top left corner of the Burnley goal.

Finally, the breakthrough for Cardiff came just after the hour mark as Waite fired a shot towards goal that struck an outstretched defender’s arm and the referee pointed to the spot. Up stepped captain Veale to take on the responsibility and he didn’t disappoint, calmly firing the ball hard and low into the goal to level the score.

Then, the pass of the game was played by Weymans as he sliced the opposition defence apart with a precision through ball to Waite. The young City midfielder showed great composure in cheekily placing the ball between Mitchell’s legs to put the Bluebirds ahead.

That goal completed an impressive comeback for the hosts in a hotly contested and well-fought victory.

FINAL SCORE: CARDIFF CITY 2-1 BURNLEY (Veale 67’, Waite 77’; Wood 6’)

Cardiff City: Amos, Coxe, Abbruzzesse, Veale (c), Assiana (Bodenham 68’), Young, Waite, Wharton (Spence 78’), Bird, Weymans, Southam. Subs Not Used: Ratcliffe, Madden, Wootton.

Burnley: Mitchell, Olomowewe, Wilson (Koiki 74’), Birch (c), Flowers, Dunne, Jumeau (Chakwana 71’), Thomas (Yao 81’), Wood, Agyei, McNeil. Subs Not Used: Aghayere, Leitch.

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