YOUTH FOOTBALL: Lions roar to Puma Cup triumph
The tournament was unusually played in a round-robin format this year to provide more games.
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Hide AdThe top four sides fought it out in the semi-finals as the Blues faced a Broxbourne Borough side that had won every game.
Dan Gould, Kieran Phillips, Callum Black, Aiden Fennelly, Adam Hughes, Ronan Sam, Cameron Veazey and Gulain Lusambya played a compact game and deservedly led the hard-fought tie 2-1 going into the last few seconds of extra-time.
However, they were pegged back with the last kick of the game and knocked out in the subsequent penalty shoot-out.
The Reds team of Reece Whitby, Kai Reilly, Glen Mulkerrins, Kyle Ajayi, Eblett, George Collett, Cass Chapman-Hearn and William O’Leary were handed a walkover win by King George in their semi, before beating Broxbourne on penalties in the final.
Both teams were level after six attempts and, after Chapman-Hearn had coolly slotted home his second penalty of the tie, Whitby saved the deciding kick as Crawley triumphed.