{"id":462149,"date":"2026-03-07T07:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T07:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/462149\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T07:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T07:17:07","slug":"andys-player-ratings-sunderland-u21-3-1-watford-u21-black-cats-cruise-into-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/462149\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy\u2019s Player Ratings: Sunderland u21 3 &#8211; 1 Watford u21 &#8211; Black Cats cruise into Semi-Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Made one good save from a near post effort that he did well to tip over the bar but well protected tonight and most of his work was punching away corners, which he was very proactive with. No chance with the late consolation for Watford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">A solid display at right back, did well when the game was still in the balance to get into the middle and not only block a chance but to win a free kick too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Got up and down the line well all game, whipped in a lovely cross for Geragusian early on that the big striker just missed out on and .<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">A good effort from Kindon, plenty of blocks around the box but just one hairy moment when he gave the ball away cheaply just inside the visitor\u2019s half but Lienard was there to cover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Made a good recovery after Kindon gave the ball away easily inside the Watford half and defended well all night, also had a hand in the opening goal when he played a great line breaking pass to Dinsdale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">A tidy display in the middle of the pitch, always available for a pass and was very reliable on the ball.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Not one of his more eye-catching displays, with very little happening going forward until late on but did pick up an assist after he picked out Campbell for the third of the night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Was quite a scrappy game and he didn\u2019t have many chances to work with, just one good cross from Lightfoot that evaded him but he did celebrate his call up to the Armenian squad with a header to open the scoring from a loose ball.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Some good bursts from midfield to start attacks and worked hard off the ball, did have one good chance but unfortunately had an air shot when well placed to test the goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Drifted in and out of the game a bit but when he was in it he was always dangerous. Once in each half he drove in behind the Watford backline and hit a good cross across the six-yard box, the first half one was blocked but the second half one resulted in an easy header for Geragusian to open the scoring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Worked hard but was quite isolated for the majority of the game, was involved in the opener and then picked up an assist when he played in Campbell to make it 2-0.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Only came on in the second half but ended up the match winner thanks to two well taken goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Replaced Scott as we brought on fresh legs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Came on for Lightfoot at left back when the game was won.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">A late change as he replaced Liam Hunt in the middle of the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Man of the Match: Lewis Campbell<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Came on midway into the second half with the game in the balance, Sunderland were winning 1-0 but the game was very tight and Campbell made himself the match winner with two quick goals. Running in behind to finish smartly past the goalkeeper and then finding himself with room to slot past the goalkeeper from Jaydon Jones\u2019 pass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Made one good save from a near post effort that he did well to tip over the bar&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,47073,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-462149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-report-player-ratings","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}