LONDON, CMC – Exeter Metropolis supervisor Gary Caldwell has described the yellow card that resulted in goalscorer Demitri Mitchell’s sending off on Tuesday in opposition to Luton City as a “tender reserving” and says he beloved the participant’s aggression all through the competition.
The 26-year-old Mitchell scored within the 83rd minute at house at St James Park to earn the League One aspect a shock upset over the Premier League opponents and a spot within the subsequent spherical of the League Cup.
Nevertheless, Mitchell, who has publicly declared his want to symbolize Jamaica, was despatched off within the 88th minute, leaving Exeter to play out the remaining time with ten males.
“I believe these bookings are fairly tender. I believe there have been loads of tackles all through the sport that, for me, had been fouls that we didn’t get, after which he will get two tender bookings,” Caldwell mentioned afterward.
“I fairly like that he’s taking part in with aggression. I fairly like that he’s taking part in to attempt to win the ball, and sadly, whenever you try this at occasions, you run the chance of getting booked.
“However I believed total, each bookings had been fairly harsh.”
Mitchell’s sending-off noticed Exeter Metropolis defending desperately over the past seven minutes of the competition to maintain Luton City at bay.
However even then, Caldwell mentioned the hosts remained in management.
“Even then, I don’t assume they created a clear-cut likelihood. We put our bodies on the road,” Caldwell mentioned.
“However even with the ten males, there was an actual angle of ‘we won’t concede tonight,’ and that bought us over the road.”
Born in England, Mitchell has already represented the nation at age group degree however mentioned final yr he needed to play senior crew soccer for Jamaica, the place his grandparents had been born.
He featured for Manchester United in a single Premier League recreation six years in the past after coming via their academy however has been on the transfer since, taking part in for Blackpool and Hibernian in Scotland earlier than arriving at Exeter final January.
“I even have aspirations to play for Jamaica. I’ve bought heritage there, in order that’s an aspiration of mine as properly,” he mentioned in an interview final yr.
“To get a call-up could be a large, huge factor for me. My grandparents are Jamaican.”
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