Coach Jarred Harvey was pleased with Swansea City Under-18s’ application and performance in their hard-fought draw against Peterborough United at Landore.
Striker Harvey Gray got his second goal in as many games, whilst Ramon Rees-Siso bagged a brace for the hosts.
The visitors twice came from behind, before taking the lead through Andre Chungunda in the 87th minute, but Rees-Siso’ free-kick rescued a point for the Swans in stoppage time.
Harvey had fielded a youthful squad with Gray, 14-year-old Alex Godfrey and Kai Rhodes named in the starting XI, whilst Alfie Jones, Carter Heywood, Bobo Evans, Kaven Bloniarczyk and Elis Thomas made up the bench.
“I think last week’s performance was one where we really had to dig deep and work hard, and I think the confidence we had from last week did show,” said Harvey.
“In the first 35 minutes of the first half, I thought we played brilliantly and got two good goals.
“I thought the application was great, we looked confident with the ball and with a team of such mixed ages, that’s a real bonus.
“There were a lot of solid individual performances, but overall it was the team who fought back.
“We knew Peterborough would come out quickly in the second half, and ultimately they did. That early goal from them stopped our momentum.
“We did concede more than we would have liked, but we could have also scored more when we were in the final third. I also think Sam Seager did brilliantly in goal for us.”
Why not join them on the pitch? We have all 8 flags available in the Guard of Honour. The first 8 youngsters to request a flag will be in the “team” customerservices@exetercityfc.co.uk.If you weren’t here last week for City’s opening match against Rotherham, there’s a few changes you may notice on the return to SJP.
It’s been a summer. New club-owned website, introduction of Grecian+ and at some stage a new app. Our match day food and beverage offering has also had a refresh. There is a replacement Red and Fed kiosk in the away end and the Nevada Construction stand now has three facilities – the old unit, a new unit nearer the turnstile and of course the Junior Grecian Zone is also open at half-time for all the Nevada Construction Main Stand ticket holders.
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