The young Swansea side battled well in this cup tie against ex England manager Roy Hodgson’s Crystal Palace Team (August 28).
For the first 30 minutes of this game the young Swans could have and perhaps should have had the lead with wideman Daniel James probably having the best opportunities.
The Swans held their Premier League opposition admirably is and at the interval the 0-0 scoreline was probably a fair reflection on the first half.
With three quarters of the game gone it was clear that Crystal Palace’s experience and class was beginning to come more and more to the forefront with Palace’s experienced captain Puncheon pulling the strings.
And it was no surprise when Palace took the lead through their giant centre forward Alexander Sorloth.
The Palace forward bustled his way in the penalty area and fired the ball home into the roof of the Swans net 0-1.
The Swans were holding on and the Swans goalkeeper and captain Nordfeldt made some fine stops to deny Palace adding to the scoreline.
Substitutions were made by both sides but in the latter stages of this encounter, it was Palace who were dominant.
The final whistle blew and it’s Palace who progress to the next round of the cup.
Graham Potter and his young Swans can take heart from this performance and the future looks bright for these young footballers.
My stand out performance for the Swans was young centre back Cian Harries who gave a very assured performance.
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