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Match Report
Match report: Portsmouth 1-6 Stags
8 August 2017
Aaron Curry
Three players each with a brace help the Stags move onto the Second Round of the Carabao Cup.
The Stags went to Fratton Park to face off against Portsmouth in the First Round of the Carabao Cup. In the first half of the match, neither team were able to accomplish much of anything. The two sides headed to the locker room knotted up at 0.
After halftime, in the 59th minute, after getting pulled down in the box, Danny Rose converted a penalty kick to give the Stags their first score in the Carabao Cup. Matthew Clarke unnecessarily slid into Rose, and Rose made Portsmouth pay for the error. Rose tapped it into the right-hand side of the goal to finally get the Stags onto the board.
There was no coming back for the Pompey, as the Stags got on fire after the Rose goal. After a through ball by Michael Timlin, that was then turned into a through ball by Alex MacDonald, Kane Hemmings slotted the ball between the keeper and the right post. A wonderful team play, spearheaded by Timlin, led to the simple goal for Hemmings in the 65th minute.
In the 73rd minute, Hemmings scored another after a splendid run on the left-hand side of the pitch by Rose set up a wonderfully weighted ball to a streaking Hemmings. Hemmings buried the ball into the back of the net to give the Stags a three-nil lead.
The Yellows scored within three minutes after a wonderful set of through balls. Hayden White passed to Alex MacDonald, who took the ball past midfield. Hemmings received the ball from MacDonald after getting past the backline. He took it all the way into the penalty box and hit the ball towards the other side of the box for Alfie Potter, who tapped the ball into the back of the net.
Portsmouth was able to score in the 86th minute. However, it was much too little, much too late for the home side and the goal by Christian Burgess was more for pride than for anything else.
Within a minute, the Stags pulled one back against the League One team, as Alex MacDonald swung a beauty into the box, right smack dab onto the head of Alfie Potter for his second goal of the game.
To end the game off, White made a huge run down the right-hand side which ended with a pass to Hemmings. Hemmings cut inside and made enough maneuvers to be able to slide a ball through the defense to Rose, who chipped the keeper for his second and the sixth goal of the game. The Stags will move onto the Second Round of the Carabao Cup after the demolition of Portsmouth.
Goals
59' [P] - D. Rose (MAN) - 0-1
65' - K. Hemmings (MAN) - 0-2
73' - K. Hemmings (MAN) - 0-3
77' - A. Potter (MAN) - 0-4
86' - C. Burgess (POR) - 1-4
88' - A. Potter (MAN) - 1-5
90+2' - D. Rose (MAN) - 1-6
Mansfield Town face the Forest Green Rovers for the home opener for the Stags on Saturday, August the 12th.
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