Manager Mike Turners summary of the afternoon meeting of the U16 Titans v Manchester Corinthians at Manchester Health Academy:

“We controlled the first 20 mins of the game with some good passing and periods of possession, Avro did threaten us at times but George Raftery took his chance early on with a good through ball from Tom Higgins to make it 1-0.
Altrincham continued to dominate the possession stats and with a free kick outside the box led to Olly Fiedor putting us 2-0 up with a great free kick into the top corner.

Gaps in defending led to Avro pulling 1 back then again Alty the Altrincham defence misfiring and not 100% fit, a through ball not cleared cleanly earned Avro a penalty making it 2-2 at the break of HT

After HT the game was scrappy and no real flow to the game for both teams until Avro took the lead with 15 mins left. In retaliation, the Altrincham side broke down the right & Raftery brought the game level with a great right foot strike due to a through ball. 3-3.

Full Time was called & with the revisions of cup competitions spot kicks were to take place. Altrincham were up first but failed to find the back of the net giving Avro the advantage. Avro secured their next round place.

A disappointing result based on the overall performance, but we learn from the experience and wish Avro all the best in the competition.