Tyler Bindon, a 19-year-old New Zealand international, was one of the team’s most experienced defenders. Looking calm throughout, it was always going to be a challenging evening with physical opponents.

Louie Holzman had a respectable league debut at the age of 21. Up against wily strikers, the boyhood fan did what he had to do against a formidable foe.

Jeriel Dorsett (6:Dorsett, who has been targeted throughout the season, fell short of the level set in recent weeks. I was taken off at half-time.

Lewis Wing had a calmer evening and sat deep compared to his previous performances.

Charlie Savage, 6: Despite being less effective than Saturday’s triumph at Peterborough, the Wales international continued to run hard and play an important role in the press. Put in a beautiful corner that resulted in Smith’s second goal.

Ben Elliott, 6, drove nicely with the ball at his feet and occasionally floated about. Less physical, and we dropped a couple individual duals.

Chem Campbell, 7: An excellent effort by the loanee, who has continuously found his form. Smith curled in a shot, and a header crashed off the crossbar in the build-up to Smith’s second goal.

Harvey Knibbs, 6, was unable to maintain his outstanding run of four goals in two matches, but remained a persistent threat to his opposing team.

Sam Smith (8 points) delivered an exceptional effort as a forward. The attacker has returned to his best form after losing time due to injury, scoring two goals and holding the ball up brilliantly.

Substitutions

Andre Garcia (7):A great performance by the 16-year-old, who gave a genuine outlet.

Ashqar Ahmed (n/a)

Mamadi Camara,

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