Swansea v Gillingham Carabao Cup Round One

Swansea v Gillingham

EFL Carabao Cup Round One (Southern Section), Tuesday 13 August 19:45

The teams -

Swansea:
22 Vigouroux, 3 Pedersen, 4 Fulton, 5 Cabango, 8 Grimes (c), 9 Vipotnik, 21 A-On, 26 Naughton, 31 Cooper, 35 Ronald, 47 Abdulai.
Subs
29 Broome, 2 Key, 6 Darling, 10 Eom, 14 Tymon, 17 Franco, 20 Cullen, 43 Watts, 44 Thomas.

Gillingham:
1 Morrison, 3 Clark, 5 Ehmer (c), 7 Nolan, 10 J Williams, 17 Clarke, 14 McKenzie, 21 E Williams, 22 Ogie, 29 Gbode, 31 Giles.
Subs
25 Turner, 11 Rowe, 12 Hawkins, 18 Willie, 24 Wakeling, 32 Lapslie.

Swansea 3 (Ronald 24, Cullen 70’, Abdulai 96’) - Gillingham 1 (Hawkins 87’)

A strange match where we again passed the ball to death with little penetration and Gillingham were reluctant to come out of their own half.
Ronald was the one man show on the left wing, dinking past his marker several times until he eventually scored on 29’.
Abdulai was making no attempt to beat his man on the right wing, passing back and fore to Naughton.
Euan Williams was sent off on 56’ for an awful tackle on Naughton, but we couldn’t make the advantage count.
It all changed when Swans made several substitutions with Cullen scoring from a Key assist, even Abdulai was now taking on and beating his marker.
Gillingham came out of their shell more and scored, McKenzie crossing for Hawkins to head home, poor defending by us.
Several missed chances later and deep into added time, Eom laid the ball on for Abdulai to score.

Swans Official Match Report -

https://www.swanseacity.com/news/rep...3-gillingham-1

Match highlights link -

https://www.skysports.com/watch/vide...cup-highlights

We won, that’s the main thing, and we’ve got another home tie in the next round, League One Wycombe Wanderers.