Spot-on moors so close to wembley

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WEALDSTONE 1

Kretzschmar 14

SOLIHULL MOORS 1

Maycock 25

(Solihull Moors win 4-3 on pens)

SAVING GRACE: Solihull goalkeeper Nick Hayes takes the plaudits
PICTURE: Jon Taffel

SOLIHULL Moors held their nerve from the penalty spot to reach the semi-finals of the Isuzu FA Trophy for the first time ever.

The Stones took the lead courtesy of Max Kretzschmar on 14 minutes but Moors were level 11 minutes later through Callum Maycock.

Both goalkeepers played their part in ensuring parity and taking the game to penalties the lead with a counter Marcus Dewhurst , they with Solihull winning of their own. found reprieve when through after new signing Manny Duku – who slipping Solihull defence a tight front post angle

Duku capitalised on a Maycock converted from only arrived this week to control a long ball forward and coolly played in wing centre. following Sbarra’s right from FA Cup kings Maidstone United – blasted Kretzschmar, who coolly Both goalkeepers were his spot-kick onto the rounded keeper Nick proving difficult to beat. crossbar. Hayes and slotted into an On 74 minutes, Hayes Solihull assistant manager Craig Pead revealed Moors, however, smartly round the post open goal. tipped a Duku effort the team had prepared seemed relatively and with five minutes for the likelihood of a unfazed by the goal and left to play, Dewhurst penalty shootout. after Matty Warburton emphatically returned “We always had forced a fine stop from the favour with a brilliant sequence – stopping penalties in our minds.

We wrote down a list of Warburton not once, but takers and then when it

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