The game on Wednesday night saw CPD travel away to play against a strong Connah's Quay Tigers side who had previously recorded an impressive 3 straight victories in the league. The away team knew this was not going to be easy.
The first half started fairly erratic as both teams managed to get a grip and gain control of the game, with long balls the preferred route by both teams, Tigers began to threaten the Sychdyn goal.
30 minutes in to the game saw the visitors finally begin to wake up and started to cause the home team problems with the newly signed Alyn Roberts and Luke Robinson testing the keeper. The half time result remained 0-0
The second half started with both teams battling hard to gain the advantage, on the 60th minute the deadlock was finally broken when a good piece of passing from the tigers resulted in a simple finish into the back of the net from the leagues current top goal scorer.
Sychdyn kicked off with a determination to get back into the game as this was the first time this season that the club have been behind. The substitution was made to introduce Tim Hughes with the instruction given to shoot on sight the Sychdyn Veteran made no mistake when on the 75th minute a deflected shot fell to Hughes to slot into the left hand side of the goal.
With time passing the visitors began to up the tempo and were rewarded when on the 84th minute Tim Hughes yet again got on the score sheet to give CPD the 2-1 advantage they deserved.
Connahs Quay Tigers showed their mental toughness towards the end of the game, with extreme pressure applied on the Sychdyn back line. With the final whistle coming to Sychdyn's delight, the team ensured they carry on their undefeated streak and take maximum points from the 3 opening games.
A delighted Shaun Antrobus commented "This is a massive result for our team. To play away against a team of this quality, go 1-0 down and then take home the 3 points, just goes to show the strength of character our players have"
Well done lads!!