Stirling Kay saluted his players after Los Camden cruised into the last four of the Cyril Anekstein Cup after ending Redbridge JC A's unbeaten record with a handsome 5-2 win.
February 11, 2019 12:55
CYRIL ANEKSTEIN CUP QUARTER-FINALS
LOS CAMDEN A 5 REDBRIDGE JEWISH CARE A 2
A shock looked on the cards early on when first division Redbridge forged ahead on five minutes, when a flick-on from a goal-kick resulted in a close offside call that the visitors benefitted from running on to finish smartly through Dean Nyman.
However, Camden replied ten minutes later when Rob Hershkorn put the Redbridge back-line under pressure, stealing possession to go on and finish smartly with his right foot into the bottom corner across the keeper.
Ten minutes later man-of-the-match Oli Sade joined the party, after a couple of step over he danced into the box and unleashed a left-footed shot across the keeper into the side-netting, the ball so fiercely struck it was passed the keeper before he could react.
Camden added to their lead after the break, this time through Joe Levi, who latched on to a cut-back on the edge of the box and carressed the ball with his left foot across the keeper into the bottom corner.
Gav Krieger added to his catalogue of headers with another on 65 minutes, reacting quickest to a Sade cross to head home cleaverly off the post putting Camden 4-1 up.
Sade then then capped off a fine performance with the goal of the game - taking the ball passed two men and curling home from 25 yards into the top corner, a strike of outstanding quality.
Redbridge scored a second with the last kick of the game when Lewis Rackham capitalised on a poor back-pass. But it was Los Camden celebrating at the final whistle as they became the first side to progress to the quarter-finals of the League Cup.
Los Camden boss Stirling Kay told JC Sport: "There was a lot said about this game before kick-off, but I chose not to make any pre-match comments as I wanted the boys to do their talking on the pitch. They did that today nullifying a top Redbridge team that had a lot of experienced players I know well.
"I'm immensely proud of getting such a top result when we had eight players missing due to travel and injury. Today was all about Camden turning our dominant performance into goals, we look forward to whoever we face in the semi-final."
Kay went on to say: "A word on the players, they were absolutely immense today, Oli Sade was unplayable, Johann Jordi bossed the midfield, Dan Orgel worked tirelessly and Daniel Goodman and Elliot Moslawy put in strong performances. However, all the lads were fantastic today."
Reflecting on his team's first defeat of the season, RJC joint-manager Sam Rank told JC Sport: "It was a very disappointing result, in such a big game.
"We suffered a lot, due to injuries and unavailability. Nate Kashket had a serious car crash en route to the game. Thank god Nate and his girlfriend are fine. Dean Ben Yosef suffered a knee injury on Saturday. With these two key players missing , we had we re-group.
"However, we performed to tenth of our abilities. Too many mistakes costs us, and not playing with the right mentality and attitude."
Paying tribute to the home side, Rank went on to say: "Fair play to Los Camden A who performed to average ability, but due to how bad RJC A played, the victory was easy for them.
"This is massive wake-up call for RJC A. We go into next few games, knowing we must up the ante, to achieve our targets of league and cup success."
LOS CAMDEN: Steven Murad, Ashley Couque, Guy Fenton, Johann Jordi, David Khalatschi, Elliott Maslawy,, Gabriel Krieger, Rob Hershkorn, Joe Levi, Daniel Orgel, Oliver Sade. Subs: Joel Barnett, Michael Khalatchi, Alexander Lewis, Daniel Goodman
SCORERS: Hershkorn, Sade 2, Levi, Krieger
RJC: Dean Caplin, Daniel Adleman, Dan Andrews, Jamie Bernstein, Richard Gold, David Green, Adam Kemper, Adam Noble, James Berkley, Dean Nyman, Steve Summers. Subs: Sam Rank, Antony Cope
SCORERS: Nyman, Rackham