LONDON, CMC – Grenada worldwide Omar Beckles stated Leyton Orient deserved their 1-0 win in opposition to Charlton within the English League 1 championship on Boxing Day.
The 32-year-old central defender, the Skilled Footballers’ Affiliation president, scored solely his second aim of the season, incomes Orient their second win of their final ten league matches and bragging rights of their London derby.
“We’re buzzing as a result of we acquired the three factors,” he advised Orient TV. “I’ve been out for 2 months, and I’m appropriately having fun with simply being again and enjoying once more.
“We needed to be disciplined over the Christmas interval. We couldn’t have an excessive amount of pudding and are glad to get three factors. I’ll undoubtedly be going house and tucking into some meals.”
The match appeared to be heading for a stalemate when Beckles turned a cross from substitute Dan Agyei into the online from shut vary with 10 minutes to go and gave the hosts all three factors.
Orient is now thirteenth within the 24-team desk on 28 factors, and the win avenged a defeat by the identical rating on the season’s opening day on the highway at The Valley.
It was additionally a morale-boosting win for the aspect after Bolton Wanderers beat them 3-2 three days earlier, however Beckles stated he was pleased with the hassle proven.
“There are methods to win video games, and there are methods to lose video games, and I feel we misplaced that sport (in opposition to Bolton) in the proper method,” he stated. “You’ll take that momentum, that vitality, and that enthusiasm… They nearly felt it was like a win.
“We knew that we bounced again, and we knew that we may have drawn. It was mentality, and if that sport (in opposition to Bolton) had turned out to be a 4-0, we’d have come right here down, so we took the momentum from that sport (in opposition to Bolton), and the blokes stepped up on a major event in opposition to an enormous membership.
“It was expertise for them, they usually seemed strong, and we may give any crew on this league a run, so we’re delighted with whole factors right here.
After Charlton began the match effectively, Orient boss Richie Wellens hailed Beckles and the defensive unit for his or her work.
“We knew we must defend at instances,” he stated. “They’re a wonderful crew enjoying ahead, and we tried to negate them having the vast majority of possession deeper. In defending our field, we had been good from Omar Beckles and Dan Happe.
“I’m very constant in my mind-set. I’ve all the time stated that is the progress we have to make. The final 170 minutes of soccer following Bolton, and once more in opposition to Charlton, we’ve been wonderful and can preserve bettering. Each are large golf equipment, and we have to continue learning.”
Associated
