Hillel keeps round-of-16 dreams alive with hard-fought victory

HILLeL Academy pulled off a dramatic 2-1 victory at home, in a hot-tempered ISSA manning Cup second-round fixture, to keep their hopes of a historic round-of-16 qualification alive.

In their first match this season at their resurfaced Cherry Gardens venue, Hillel worked their way back from a goal down to bounce back from their 3-0 defeat to Eltham in the opening game of the round.

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It was, however, not without drama as 13-year-old goalkeeper Levi Clarke came up big, producing a penalty save deep in the second half to preserve Hillel’s lead, before things boiled over at the end of the contest, resulting in three Denham Town players receiving red cards.