Ipswich Town vs Colchester

The U's claimed a 1-0 victory over their League One opponents at Portman Road to progress to the second round of the Carabao Cup for the first time since 2019.

"The more the game went on, you could see the belief in every one of them to see the process through. "Thankfully, we put one in the back of the net and we showed some really good discipline in our performance and nullified them for large spells of the game. "We knew that people were going to tire, especially the younger lads making their debut and the occasion. "It's a massive, massive plus for the football club and the way that we want to go about our business. "Nights like this come along rarely so it's important that we enjoy them, we learn from them and we take the performance forward. He said: "It's important when you have nights like this that you enjoy them and the fans enjoy them.

The U's booked their place in the Second Round of the Carabao Cup after a superb 1-0 victory at Ipswich Town.

But it was the U’s who bagged the opening goal of the game, with Luke Hannant on target for the first time in a Colchester United shirt. Frank Nouble deployed some trademark stepovers on the edge of the six-yard box, but his low drive was blocked before the ‘keeper could get a hand to it. Creating space down the right wing this time, it was Kyle Edwards who delivered a low cross for the arriving Humphreys, but the midfielder was unable to keep his effort down, rifling the ball high over the bar from twelve yards.

Colchester United sealed a superb win in the Carabao Cup last night against Ipswich Town and after the fixture, Luke Chambers posted a message to his ...

It was Colchester who came away with the win and a spot in the next round too, sealing a 1-0 win over the Tractor Boys thanks to a Luke Hannant goal in the first half. He spent a total of nine seasons with the Tractor Boys over the course of his career and appeared in 376 league games for the club. The Tractor Boys support made sure to applaud their former defender and it appears he appreciated the sentiment from Ipswich.

Ipswich Town: Vaclav Hladky, Luke Woolfenden, Tyreece John-Jules, Cameron Burgess, Rekeem Harper, Kayden Jackson, Greg Leigh, Sone Aluko (Capt), ...