CHARLTON 1 (Bauer 38) BRISTOL ROVERS 0
Attendance 12,968 (2,174 Rovers)Charlton Amos, Solly, Bauer, Pearce, Dasilva, Kashi, Forster-Caskey, Fosu (Ahearne-Grant 84), Holmes (Crofts 90+4), Clarke (Watt 70), Novak.Bristol Rovers Smith, Brown, Lockyer, Sercombe, O Clarke (Broom 65), Harrison (Gaffney 65), Bodin, Lines, J Clarke (Nicholls 15), Broadbent, Sinclair.
Summary
Charlton opened the season with a hard-fought victory, playing the majority of the game with 10 men after Lee Novak was sent off in the 6th minute for a clumsy lunge. Patrick Bauer's 38th minute goal was the decider, though it was unclear whether his header from a corner had crossed the line.
Post Match comments
Robinson:
“The fitness levels are incredible and so is the mental strength of the team. You’ll have to make us bleed to get anything out of us. I said to the players before the game – if they want to outrun you, they won’t. If they want to outfight us, come and have a go. If you want to come and try to outplay us, we’ll outplay you.”
Bauer:
“The sending off after six minutes was unexpected for everyone and we had to change our gameplan but we can be very happy to have got all three points. Every victory is nice but this is special with 10 men, especially as it came in front of our own supporters”
Solly:
"It has shown even in the first game of the season that we have got a style where we feel we can beat anyone. We can match anyone and if they want to play football, we’ll play football. If they want a battle, we’ll have a battle. We’re not the biggest of sides but we are strong, especially when attacking set-pieces, and it bodes well. It’s always nice to play at home in your first game and the fans were huge for us. They got behind us and pushed us and that was really nice so, hopefully, it will continue. We want to make it a fortress here and get back to that year when we went up and we felt like no one was ever going to beat us here. That’s what we’ve got to create again this season.”
STATBANK Player Marks
Fosu-Henry = 8.32
Kashi = 8.27
Bauer = 7.92
Holmes = 7.73
Pearce = 7.59
Dasilva = 7.49
Foster-Caskey = 7.33
Clarke = 7.12
Solly = 6.91
Amos = 6.12
Team Average = 7.48
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