Cardiff 0 Stoke 0 – 16/3/21 7pm
Another draw, but Stoke’s Joe Allen hit the bar in the last minute and City should have stolen this dull game. Baby Christian Norton came on late for a debut, and looked head & shoulders better than the rest. Here’s how the game unfolded in real time:
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At last O’Neill sees the light & fires Gunn and reloads with Adam Davies. Two ex-Ireland managers face each other: Mick McCarthy (Republic) vs Michael O’Neill (Northern). They’ll probably cancel each other out.
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7.50 Norrington surprises everyone by dribbling into the area and shooting!
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11.15 Returning Thompson starts as he means to go on with a scary corner. Everyone has a swipe on Cardiff’s goal, but true to form the ball won’t go in. Fletcher brings out a save from Dillon Phillips.
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19.15 Fletcher breaks, sets up Powell to miss by a mile. Wouldn’t mind but he was actually placing the ball not blasting it.
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27.07 Fletcher injures himself heading straight at the keeper & is down for 4 minutes. Sam Vokes replaces him. Well, he is Welsh (like Joe, Norrington, Rabbi & Davies), more than Cardiff’s side.
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33.01 Ref annoyed with Powell who thwarting his drop-ball.
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38.40 Bog-standard header straight at keeper by…Sam Vokes of course!
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Welsh Side 0 Real Welsh Side 0
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73.38 Jonny Williams with a disastrous beard comes on for Cardiff.
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75.15 Mikel gets a shot on target!
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79.33 Decent save by Davies at the feet of Moore who makes a meal of it with a poor first touch.
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81.50 Moore breaks & misses. Not his day, surely.
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84.20 Under-23 hero Christian Norton on for Powell!!! Blimey! Talk about young blood.
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88.40 Davies drops ball after long throw, although replay shows he was pushed.
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90+1 Norton charges through, slips it to Cracker who crosses & Allen’s header hits the bar!!! Best chance…gone…
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FT Wales Side 0 Welsh Side 0
