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game. January 25, 2024, 10:00 p. m. |Tottenham Hotspur
We clinched our position in the quarter-finals of the FA Women’s Continental Tires League Cup after a 3-0 win over Southampton on Thursday afternoon, with Ramona Petzelberger and Charlotte Grant scoring their first goals for the club.
Ramona Petzelberger’s deflected shot gave us the lead just before the 30-minute mark before Grant, at his time starting in Lilywhite, forced the ball from close range to double our lead.
The score ended impressively with a very fine goal from Grace Clinton for her third goal in two games this week, with the win at Silverlake Stadium in Eastleigh taking us to the next round of the festival, for the third season in a row. – Being one of the two most productive finalists.
Robert Vilahamn made eight changes to his starting XI against West Ham United, giving defender Amanda Nildén her debut and Matilda Vinberg also making her first debut since joining the club earlier this month.
The hosts pressed from the start, as corners caused some disorder in our area, but nothing could stop Becky Spencer between the posts.
We grew into the game and started to create chances, with Martha Thomas unable to get her feet to the far post after a cross from Nildén went ahead before Matilda Vinberg controlled to catch a low cross from Rosella Ayane.
Thomas struck the woodwork in the 18th minute, the Scotland international flicking on Petzelberger’s cross but came off the crossbar, and shortly after, a snapshot from Thomas on edge of the box went wide of the post.
The woodwork shook again, but this time at the other end of the pitch, when a corner was released from one of our finishers and thankfully hit the inside of the far post and was eventually cleared.
With the clock ticking down to around the 30-minute mark, we broke the deadlock, albeit with a bit of luck, as Ayane’s free-kick only reached Petzelberger just inside the box and her half-volley found the back of the net via a great deflection.
We had a chance to double our lead in the final minutes of the first half when a long ball from Amy Turner put Ayane to the right. She looked to slide it towards Vinberg, but Howard took a small touch to deflect it away from the Sweden international. . .
After half-time adjustments from both sides, unsurprisingly, the start of the process was slow, but Ayane deserved to have added a moment in the 55th minute, when Naz saw the forward advancing into the box and guided her first goal. effort.
We doubled to our credit in the 67th minute when a corner from Vinberg ran into Grant, forced the ball through Rendell’s legs and, despite the Saints goalkeeper’s most productive efforts, was ruled to have crossed the line.
Vinberg’s corners continued to cause more problems for the hosts as Bethany England rose highest at the back-post, but sent her header narrowly wide. We added our third of the evening in the 78th minute and it was a wonderful finish from Grace Clinton, she collected the ball inside the area, on the right, and fired an effort into the top far corner.
It felt like one of England’s nights when they hit the woodwork twice in the closing stages, and our captain saw her effort from a tight angle hit the outside of the post before Rendell’s clearance attempt bounced off her and bounced off the post.
Goals: Spurs – Petzelberger 29, Grant 67, Clinton 78
Yellow cards: Spurs – Matilda 34, Grant 70
Referee: Lisa Benn
Location: Silverlake Stadium
Weather: Heavy rain, 12 degrees
Participation: 1735