City U21's Beat Colchester

Last updated : 28 September 2015 By CNS

Coventry City U21's beat Colchester United 4-1 at the Ricoh Arena this afternoon.

City with a trialist at right back and Marc Antoine Fortune and Ruben Lameiras in their starting line up, had the better of the play and were ahead in the 37th minute thanks to Lameiras getting down the right and slipping the ball past Barnes from an acute angle.

Fortune and Lameiras were replaced by the Kelly-Evans twins for the last thirty plus minutes for a City team which had a second goal in the 73rd minute when Devon Kelly Evans cut back for George Thomas to lash home a shot high into the net. 

Colchester pulled a goal back in the 83rd minute with a far post header from Joe Tennant which may have come off a City defender who was on the line trying to clear it.

However, just over ninety seconds later, City restored their two goal margin when Lateef Elford- Alliyu rifled home from ten yards. 

In stoppage time, Devon Kelly-Evans powered home a shot to give City a 4-1 win.

City Corey Addai, Trialist, Adam Jackson, Cian Harries, Ryan Haynes, Lateef Elford-Alliyu, Ivor Lawton (Stevenson 84), Bryn Morris, Ruben Lameiras (Dion Kelly-Evans 59), Marc Antoine Fortune (Devon-Kelly Evans 59), George Thomas. SNU, Konrad Skuza, Darragh Leahy.
 
Colchester: Barnes, Andrews, Tennent, James, Wilson; Lapslie, Regis (Harrison 76), Lawrence (McKeown 65)  Curtis, Edge (O'Donoghue 65), Wright. Subs: Robinson, Pollard.
HT CCFC 1-0 CUFC
FT CCFC 4-1 CUFC
Goals Ruben Lameiras 37, George Thomas 73, OG 83, Elford-Alliyu 85
Referee.M.Griffiths.