Cambridge United 1 Ipswich Town 0

 Last time I went to a Papa John's Trophy game, I vowed not to bother again, but here I was again. To be honest, it felt a bit more like a proper game, mainly because Ipswich brought over 1,200. They were already through to the next round so fair play to them. It was the first time in a while that I have seen Cambridge score in open play, so that also made it worthwhile. Both teams had fairly experimental teams out, so it was going to be hard to predict. At least I was given the chance to see if Janneh and Okedina would add anything to the first team. On this performance Okedina has, but Janneh is probably still best used as an impact sub, as doing it over 90 minutes looks like it could be an ask of him.

Ipswich started off the more lively of the teams and Ibsen  Rossi and Greg Taylor were finding them difficult to handle in the opening encounters. That was all to change though when Kyle Edwards who was playing up front for Ipswich was controversially shown a red card for simulation after just 17 minutes. Despite this advantage, it looked like Cambridge weren't going to capitalise and up until the break it was difficult to see which team had the man advantage.

The second half saw Ipswich given a boost with the introduction of a number of subs. However, as the game wore on Cambridge got more and more of a grip of the game, but seemed unable to score. However, the introduction of Harvey Knibbs and Sam Smith changed this and a well-taken goal from another sub, Lewis Simper in the 77th minute saw Cambridge claim the victory.

Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to see them through to the next round as Arsenal won at Northampton.






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