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Cambridge comfortable winners
This is a report from Cambridge United on the under 18's game against Hereford played last Saturday.
The Youth Team missed a number of opportunities, but still ran out comfortable winners against Hereford at Trinity Old Field on Saturday.
The game got off to a good start, with the U's looking the stronger side and creating many opportunities. The hard work paid off when Stephen Smith pinged an inch perfect ball, from just inside the U's half, to Ashley Fuller (right) who calmly slotted it into the net.
United always looked the stronger side, but Hereford had a couple of missed opportunities, which could have let them back into the game.
The second half continued in the same fashion with United looking the stronger side. But with Hereford pushing hard for the equaliser some good play Darren Quinton broke the line of defence and whipped the ball into the box for a Hereford defender to score an own goal.
The visitors were now on the back foot and in their desperate fight to score a goal opened themselves up and allowed Darren Quinton to slide the ball into the path of Sam Reed to coolly dribble around the keeper and place into the empty net for the third goal.
United's fourth goal came minutes before the end of play, when Dave Daniels performed some tidy footwork and passed the ball to under 16 player Russell Short, who crossed the ball into the front post for Sam Reed, running across the defence, to score his second goal of the match.
For Cambridge United this was a well-deserved win, despite missing a number of opportunities.