Match Report ���
Nottingham Forest v Mansfield Town - Worthington Cup 1st leg 1st round Wednesday August 11 1999
Reporter:���Stanno
After
the weekend�s poor performance at Ipswich, Forest and their supporters were
looking for a much-improved performance against Mansfield.�
The Reds dominated for long periods of the first half, but squandered
countless chances to bury lowly Mansfield, and one could sense the growing
frustration, on and off the field.� Chief
culprit this evening was Marlon Harewood, who in my opinion flatters to deceive.�
CBW eased the tension in the 44th minute.�
After David Linigan had up-ended Alan Rogers, the Bartman stepped up to
curl a lovely 25 yarder over the wall and into the bottom corner for his fifth
consecutive scoring game � how long can this continue?
�Forest
looked more composed in the second half and threatened to tear their opponents
apart with some great one-touch footfall, but continued to waste chances galore.�
Harewood, Rogers, Freedman and Petrachi all had opportunities to
increase the score before CBW turned from scorer to provider with a powerful run
and cross that found the head of Quashie, who nodded home his first goad for the
Reds after 68 minutes.� Substitute Bernard Allou, on for Alan Rogers, completed the
scoring after 81 minutes, stepping inside the Mansfield defence and hitting a
stunning 20 yard drive that flew past Richardson for the Frenchman�s first
goal in English football.� His goal
celebration was arguably the best move of the fame, a cartwheel into a back
somersault, before landing arms outstretched in front of the Trent End.�
This lad will soon become a firm favourite.
�All
in all, a comfortable win, which should see Forest progress safely into the next
round.
�Stanno�s
Star: Ricky Scimeca � composed performance.
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