COLCHESTER UNITED 0

LEEDS UNITED 3

Under-18 Professional Development League Two

COLCHESTER United's youngsters suffered defeat at the hands of north division high-fliers Leeds United, at Florence Park.

Chris Llewellyn's side fell behind after eight minutes when keeper Ted Collins' goal-kick went straight to Kun Mikatolov, who promptly shot the ball back past him into the empty net.

The U’s struck back well and Noah Chilvers curled a shot just over but they then found themselves further behind after 14 minutes, following a quality move by the visitors.

A great ball out to the right found Theo Hudson in loads of space and his perfect cross was perfect was converted by Ryan Edmonson.

It was almost 3-0 when Bobby Kamwa's shot flew just wide of the far post but Colchester did have their good moments, with Andre Hasanally and Diogo Freitas-Gouveia both going close.

But Lucas Odunston's shot back across goal flew wide of the far post for Leeds, for whom centre-back Oliver Casey hit the top of the bar from a corner just before the break.

Substitute Abolaji Williams headed just wide for Colchester early in the second half.

But Leeds remained a threat; Mikatlov fired into the side netting and Kamwa flashed another effort just wide.

Colchester came close to reducing the deficit when they hit the inside of the far post through Freitas-Gouveia, who also saw a left-foot effort fly just wide soon after.

But Leeds dominated the final stages and wrapped up victory with 15 minutes remaining through Kamwa, who curled a low shot past Collins after being fed by Odunston.

Matty Tricker headed the ball off the line after Collins had initially denied Kamwa.

And Tricker also nodded McCalmot's effort off the line near the end, as Leeds claimed victory.

COLCHESTER UNITED: Ted Collins, Kieran Michaels, Billy Cracknell, Josh Fouche, Matty Tricker, Al-Amin Kazeem, Andre Hasanally, Sam Cornish, Noah Chilvers, Diogo Freitas-Gouveia, Reuben Mudd.

Substitutes: Abolaji Williams, Harvey Sayer, Ben Steward, Chandler Hallett, Max Maughn.