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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 1 (setup 4, season 28)
Colchester United
v.
Crewe Alexandra
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Freddie WOODMAN17Ali AL-HABSI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Cuco MARTINA2Adam SMITH
Marco 'Davide' FARAONI37Craig FORSYTH
Steve SCHUMACHER74Cole SKUSE
Florin GARDOS5Enda STEVENS
Pat BALDWIN6Harlee DEAN
Don COWIE77Kenny LUNT
Kris COMMONS8Rolando AARONS
Jay BOTHROYD796Rowan VINE
Joe MASON6106LUIS Fernández Teijeiro
Igor VETOKELE7117Ross McCORMACK
Manager
Ben MEE12Conor GRANT
Jason STEELE13Ben GARRATT
Theo ROBINSON14Owen DALE
Junior STANISLAS15Charlie KIRK
Moses ASHIKODI16Callum AINLEY

Colchester United 2 Crewe Alexandra 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 7,465, Stadium: Community Stadium, Referee: Steve BRATT 7½)
4 Bothroyd, 55 CommonsScorers85 Smith
Substitutions
Sendings off
7 Bothroyd, 67 Faraoni, 71 WoodmanBookings31 Skuse, 76 Dean
1Corners1
16Fouls8
5Offsides4
8Shots on8
8Shots off7
16Total shots15
5Shots saved6
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Adam SMITH
1The 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from LUNT.
2COWIE beat LUIS and flicked the ball to FARAONI who blasted his effort wide.
4GOAL!! A strike from BOTHROYD which the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper managed to block was deemed over the line by the linesman and BRATT awarded the goal. (1-0 Colchester United)
7BOTHROYD booked for a poor tackle on DEAN.
9COWIE hoofed the ball wide from just inside the area.
9VINE charged through the Colchester United defence but shot straight at WOODMAN.
16A shot from BOTHROYD held little difficulty for the Crewe Alexandra 'keeper.
21MCCORMACK shot wide.
24A poor strike from COMMONS rolled agonisingly wide.
31A late foul gets SKUSE a yellow card.
 
55GOAL!! As DEAN was attempting to hold back BOTHROYD the ball dropped to COMMONS who knocked the ball into the top corner. (2-0 Colchester United)
65FARAONI beat two Crewe Alexandra players and slammed a shot inches over.
67A poor tackle on DEAN by FARAONI results in a booking.
71WOODMAN booked for an off-the-ball incident.
76DEAN booked.
78The bemused Colchester United 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from COMMONS dropped just wide.
82A header by LUIS at the far post was comfortably collected by the Colchester United 'keeper.
85GOAL!! STEVENS made space for SMITH who, after an interchange of passes on the edge of the area, struck the ball past the Colchester United 'keeper. (2-1 Colchester United)
86A corner was collected by BOTHROYD who touched an effort inches over.
88A penalty box meleé resulted in VINE cracking a low shot wide.
89COMMONS rifled a simple chance past the lefthand post.
90+3SMITH was put clear by LUIS and he dummied the Colchester United 'keeper but struck his shot wide.