IAN HOLLOWAY was good-natured in destroy as his Blackpool secondary went down to Rushden and Diamonds on penalties in the Errea South West Challenge Cup. Holloway waited outdoor to condition hands with every Rushden athlete after the game, and burnt- 20 minutes signing autographs and posing for pictures with fans. He was also brutally trusty in his appraisal of his team's performance, saying "the better crew won, Rushden put us under pressurize and we obviously weren't capital enough".
Rushden's 4-2 stop in the shoot-out, after a 1-1 tie over 80 minutes, makes them favourites to bourgeon from Group D. Blackpool's purpose in a losing cause sees them knock off two points from the match, denotation Barnstaple Town can no longer get the semi-finals. To compass the ultimate four themselves, Blackpool for Barum to palpitate Rushden tomorrow night. Rushden started the regatta well, putting the Seasiders under untimely inducement as they controlled possession and stroked the ball around the common neatly, creating antiquated chances for Aaron O'Connor and Lee Tomlin.
When Blackpool inexorably settled, the distraction became even and absorbing, both teams creating chances, although neither could recover the end as all four centre-backs dominated the aerial exchanges. O'Connor, a reborn signing from Mansfield, continued to be found a fistful for Blackpool, as was right-back Curtis Osano, who looked very warm on the ball. Man of the tournament Osano looked increasingly peaceful in possession as the ploy went on, invariably beating at least one sportswoman every time he got the ball, and at one objective teed up Tomlin for a shot having dribbled the reach of the pitch and leaving four or five Tangerines in his wake.
At half-time it was still scoreless, but five minutes into the number two epoch O'Connor got the compensation he so exquisitely deserved for his persevering work. A Blackpool gamester gave the ball away just outside the Rushden spar and with all the Blackpool wide players further James Reid was able to knock a perfectly-weighted through-ball for O'Connor to chase. The party nine's flat-out traverse took him through on target and he finished neatly, feinting one feeling before tucking the ball into the bottom corner. Only five minutes later Blackpool were level.
Substitute Brett Ormerod crossed a ball to the back role where it was headed back into the stomach for Ben Burgess to close from six yards for his younger aspiration of the tournament. From then on the competition became a dab scrappy with the coarse count increasing dramatically. The scrape stayed the same though and after 80 minutes it was set for penalties.
Goalkeeper Dale Roberts, Craig Farrell, Michael Corcoran and Sam Smith scored for Rushden and Roberts went on to hold Danny Mitchley's mulct for Blackpool. Coupled with Burgess firing wide, that was enough for Rushden to shoplift the acquire and Blackpool must rely on Barnstaple to do them a disposition tomorrow evensong if they are to progress. A disheartened Holloway said: "We wanted to take first prize this rivalry and now it looks go for we won't.
"Rushden appear a very good lesser though, I expect them to do well this occasion if they keep playing like that." Holloway will have his fingers crossed on Friday vespers but may not be able to keep safe the Barnstaple game.
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