Match Report: Six of The Best as Uxbridge march into Semi Final
- tricky291
- Nov 19
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 20
Uxbridge produced a fine attacking display to sweep aside North Greenford United with a 6–1 victory in Tuesday’s Middlesex Senior Cup Quarter Final.
The Reds made several changes to Saturday’s side as they looked to bounce back from the Yate Town defeat, but this was still a strong team – although there was an early setback as new signing Marvin Sordell pulled his hamstring in the warmup and had to be replaced by Nnams Nwachuku. The visitors – who ply their trade in the Combined Counties Premier North division, two below Uxbridge - started brightly though with Charlie Mitchell testing keeper Adam Hassane early on with a low strike on 7 minutes. Uxbridge though began to assert themselves and Cole Brown fizzed a shot just over the bar a couple of minutes later), before Nwachuku came close with a header from Captain for the night Liam Prior-Tack’s corner on eleven minutes. Uxbridge soon found their rhythm, and the breakthrough came on 14 minutes with an exquisite goal, Ada Okorgheye tore down the left flank from near the half way line with a display of twinkled toed close control that wouldn’t have been out of place at a Premier League ground - beating four defenders before dinking the ball over the last man and delivering a perfect low cross for Dan Hector to knock home at the far post. Okorogheye remained a constant threat, pulling a shot narrowly wide on 23 minutes. To their credit North Greenford took the game to the home side and went close just before the half hour, when a free kick caused some consternation in the Uxbridge defence, and a goalmouth scramble ensured – only a last-ditch clearance from Kyle Bailey preserved the lead. However, it was left to Okorogheye to have the final word of the half on 42 minutes as he picked up the ball in midfield and advanced into the box, holding off the defender before planting a composed finish past the advancing Lehane in the Greenford goal to make it 2–0 at half-time.
HT 2-0
It appeared that the goal right on the Uxbridge had deflated North Greenford somewhat and Uxbridge turned on the style after the restart. The half was only four minutes old when Nnams raced onto a ball over the top and finished clinically for a third. Hector almost added another moments later, but his effort was superbly tipped over by Lehane. The fourth goal duly arrived though on 59 minutes when Hector’s good work on the left and fine low cross was converted by Nnams. North Greenford still had some fight in them, and Dan Killeen forced Hassane into a shape save midway through the half, before a fine free kick from Osaji was turned around the post by the Uxbridge keeper at full stretch Any thoughts of a unlikely comeback were quashed on 70 minutes as Lehane came out to intercept a long pass, the ball fell perfectly for Frank Keita to stroke the ball home into an empty net from midway inside the half to make it five– the ball seemingly taking so long to get over the line, the Red Army had almost finished celebrating by the time it actually went in. It seemed a matter of how many more Uxbridge would get at this stage – in the end there was just one more as Massimo Giamattei capped off a flowing move in the 76th minute, wrong-footing defenders as he waltzed into the box before planting the ball home for the sixth. There was however time for North Greenford to grab a consolation as a ball wasn’t cleared by the Reds defence and Kileen found the top corner with a stunning finish, that even drew applause from the Red Army behind the goal. However, this was a dominant performance from start to finish, from Uxbridge will take plenty of confidence as they move onto the semi-final. Next up though a sterner test as Farnham arrive at Honeycroft in the league this coming Saturday.
FT 6-1
Att: 205
Uxbridge: Hassane, Brown, Hobbs, Bailey, Tanner, Giamattei, Hector, Prior-Tack, Okorogheye (Deru), Nwachuku (Brandao), Keita
