Aston Villa are through to the semi-final of the Youth Cup with goals from Harry Forrester (pictured below) and Barry Bannan (pen) in the opening ten minutes.
Delfouneso, who has recently signed a professional contract at Villa, played well, setting up Forrester’s goal and forcing some fine saves from the Carlisle keeper.
Youth coach McAndrew told www.avfc.co.uk “I’m very happy and very proud. I thought the players were tremendous. We’ve probably played a little bit better before, but the commitment and the way they defended and put their bodies on the line was absolutely fantastic.”
“We’ve been talking all week about starting the game properly and trying to put them under pressure right from the first whistle.”
“I thought the first 20 minutes we played really well. We scored two goals. Harry’s was a great strike and the move for the penalty was very good.”
“We had two or three other chances, but Harry’s goal really set us on our way. I was pleased for him because he’s lacked a bit of confidence lately, but that will do him the world of good.”
“In the first-half we created a lot of chances and we could have had more goals. In the second-half they had nothing to lose and they had a right go. There were a lot of set-pieces that we had to defend, but I thought the heading at the back was absolutely fantastic.”
“The defenders put their bodies on the line when they had to and Elliot produced a fantastic double save just before half-time to keep us going.”
“It seems like I’m moaning if I say we can play a wee bit better, but I know we can. That said it’s a fantastic achievement to get through to the semi-finals of the FA Youth Cup.”
The semi-final will be against either Chelsea or Port Vale.
Line-ups:
Carlisle United: Mitchell, Brown (booked 66), Duffy, Blake, Wordsworth, Aldred, Hindmarch, Wood, Madine, Cook, Tinnion. Subs: Dalton, Jameson, Lakeland, Seaton (for Tinnion 70), Dawson.
Aston Villa: Parish, Simmonds, Roome, Clarke, Baker, Clancy, Albrighton, Bannan, Collins, Delfouneso, Forrester. Subs: Bradley, Dau, Ricketts, Poyser, Grocott, Flanagan.
