23 November 2021

London Senior Cup 2nd round

 

Glebe                                     0

Erith and Belvedere          0

            (Deres win 8-7 on penalties)

 

RILWAN COMES UP TRUMPS

 

Rilwan Anibaba was the hero of this London Senior Cup tie as he saved four penalties in the longest penalty shootout in the Deres’ history.

 

The match was a massive contrast to the previous encounters between the clubs.  Their first encounter at Foxbury took place on the hottest August Bank Holiday on record, whereas this was played in the chill and mist of a cold autumn night.  Their recent league meeting at Park View Road was a bonkers game that finished 5-3 to the visitors, whereas this was a dramatic and tense tie that ended goalless after 90 minutes.

 

There could have been a penalty as early as the eighth minute when Lee Lewis was brought down in the box but the referee waved play on.  Drew Allassani’s turn and shot on 27 minutes was fairly easy for Kamurasi, while at the other end Anibaba saved well from Philpot as Glebe shaded the first half.

 

Midway through the second half Glebe piled on the pressure, Brad Wilson rolling a shot wide and Kalvin Morath-Gibbs netting only to be pulled back for offside.  Nine minutes from time the league’s top scorer Jamie Philpot was through one-on-one with Anibaba, but the Deres’ keeper stood his ground and won out.

 

In the time remaining Deres had a couple of chances, good work from Ashley Carew setting up Lewis for what was a poor shot, and Danny Lear breaking clear but overrunning the ball slightly and allowing Kamurasi to block.  Soon afterwards the final whistle sent the tie to penalties.

 

The penalties went as follows:

1          Penny                       saved             Sprosen         missed           0-0

2          Lawrence                 scored            Carew            scored            1-1

3          Baugh                      scored            Cray                saved             2-1

4          Wilson                      saved             Dasofunjo     scored            2-2

5          Philpot                      scored            McNamee      scored            3-3

6          Shoderu                   scored            Anibaba         scored            4-4

7          Morath-Gibbs          scored            Lear                scored            5-5

8          Parsons                    scored            Brand             scored            6-6

9          Olorunnisomo         scored            Richards        scored            7-7

10        Johnson                   saved             Allassani       missed           7-7

11        Kamurasi                 saved             Lewis              scored            7-8

 

Deres supporters despaired when Louis Sprosen’s opening kick went high over the bar, but Anibaba saved two of the first five as the regulation shootout ended 3-3.  Anibaba himself took the first penalty in sudden-death for Deres, and confidently beat Kamurasi.  With the tenth kick a save from Sam Johnson put Deres on the verge of a win, but Drew Allassani missed.  So to the final pair of kicks: Kamurasi, who had been trying to psyche out most of the Deres players, saw his penalty saved by Anibaba, and Lee Lewis tucked his shot away to send the Deres through.

 

GLEBE: George Kamurasi; Dami Olorunnisomo, Matt Parsons, Kalvin Morath-Gibbs, Nico Lawrence, Antone Douglas (Charlie Penny ht), Ryan King-Elliott (Manny Shoderu 75), Ainsley Everett (Sam Johnson ht), Jamie Philpot, Brad Wilson, Sol Baugh.

DERES: Rilwan Anibaba; Kazzeem Richards, Marlon Patterson (Henry Dasofunjo ht), Lucas Atkins (Louis Sprosen 66), Harvey Brand, Tom McNamee, Lee Lewis, Freddie Cray, Danny Lear, Tommy Brown (Ashley Carew 75), Drew Allassani.