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CARDIFF CITY 4 BURTON ALBION 1 (AET) 12/08/10
The
Brewers produced a battling performance but lost out in extra time
to Championship side Cardiff City.
Although the defeat means that Albion exit the competition at the
first stage for the second successive season, the performance was a
vast improvement on the game at Reading last year.
The
home side took the lead through Jay Bothroyd in the 16th minute but
Shaun Harrad levelled the scores just three minutes later.
The
remainder of normal time was end to end entertainment, with Cardiff
attacking with more composure but the Brewers causing enough of a
nuisance to ensure that the hosts could not relax.
The
first period of extra time saw no more goals but Burton's brave
resistance was finally broken in the second period.
Ross
McCormack gave Cardiff the lead in the 107th minute with a shot from
the edge of the area and he repeated the feat three minutes later to
end the match as a contest.
Michael Chopra made it 4-1 to the hosts two minutes from the end. It
was a score line that the Brewers did not deserve but the
performance will give them heart ahead of Saturday's league game at
Barnet.
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