He was subsequently handed a five-year jail sentence last month. This incident is said to have happened in August earlier this year, according to the Daily Mail and police identified Muse through his DNA from a hat that he was wearing at the time of the incident. Scoring: D- Jefferson Magalhaes 2g Manuel Cantarino 1a.The assailant then tries to attack Gabriel with the bat but the centre-back was up to the task, taking hold of his arm, hitting him in the face and eventually, forcing the attacker and his partner to flee from the spot. One of the assailants has been identified later as Abderaham Muse. The second one, I let it go and it went 2, NEWTOWN 1 It was unfortunate we conceded but thank god, I scored another one. “The ball comes, it’s my first touch of the game, I put a toe forward and got the goal,” Magalhaes said. Jefferson Magalhaes, Danbury: The junior striker scored both of Danbury’s goals. Danbury did a good job taking advantage.” Our two center backs were not on par tonight. “I feel bad for the seniors but I was very happy with their efforts this season. Our backline was pretty poor,” Lyddy said. “That was probably the worst game we played all year.
It would not stay tied long with Magalhaes scoring his second goal a minute later after a pretty feed from Manuel Cantarino.
The Nighthawks would finally tie the game with 9:03 to play with Harrison Silverman taking a pass from Connor Muir and finishing. Newtown had chances but was twice turned away by Danbury keeper Noah Braz on shots from close range. The Hatters only scored more than two goals three times all season, making the two goals Monday a bit of an outburst.Īs fans were still fling into the stadium, Danbury’s Jefferson Magalhaes got dribbled and got past the Newtown defenders, firing home the shot into the lower right corner. The Hatters posted seven shutouts in the regular season. In fact, after losing 6-0 to Farmington on opening day, the Nighthawks only allowed seven goals the rest of the season combined.ĭanbury only conceded 11 goals all season, four of which came in a loss to Greenwich. Newtown had not allowed a goal in its final eight regular-season games, going back to a 1-0 loss to Barlow on Sept.
I’m happy we bounced back after they scored a goal.” In the state cup, you can’t analyze the performance too much. To be honest, we came here trying to put pressure on them and play our game. “We always try to be solid and tough to beat and it’s a bonus if we score. Especially so early on,” Danbury coach Antony Howard said. With both teams coming into the contest as two of the stingiest defenses in the state, a goal in the first two minutes was surprising to everyone involved.