Match ends, Colchester United 2, Charlton Athletic 1.
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League One Colchester United impressively defeated Charlton to reach the FA Cup fourth round for the first time in 10 years.
George Moncur gave the U's the lead with a left-footed shot after being played in by Marvin Sordell.
Charlton's Cristian Ceballos hit the post before Sordell doubled Colchester's lead by slotting home after a good move with Moncur.
Reza Ghoochannejhad headed a late consolation for the Addicks
Despite being second from bottom of League One, Colchester were deserved winners against their visitors from the Championship, who have now gone nine games without a win.
Sordell and Moncur had both gone close before the opening goal, which came when the former won the ball in midfield and slipped it through to Moncur, who cut inside from the right of the penalty area before firing into the corner.
Charlton almost equalised when Ceballos' long-range effort struck the woodwork and, soon after, they were further behind as Sordell calmly finished past Nick Pope.
Pope was forced into three fine saves before Igor Vetokele hit the outside of the post midway through the second period as the Addicks tried to find a way back.
Colchester held on until the second minute of stoppage time when Ghoochannejhad finally broke the Essex club's resistance, but it was too little, too late.
Charlton interim head coach Karel Fraeye told BBC Radio London:
"We were second best in the first half and it was very poor defending for their two goals.
"In the second half we took a lot of risks and tried to score.
"We had some possibilities to score, but the goal was too late for us to come home with the result."
Line-ups
Colchester
Formation 4-4-2
- 32Kean
- 24Brindley
- 5Wynter
- 18Eastman
- 3Briggs
- 11Massey
- 10MoncurSubstituted forVincent-Youngat 87'minutes
- 8GilbeyBooked at 77mins
- 2GarvanBooked at 72minsSubstituted forEdwardsat 73'minutes
- 9Porter
- 45SordellSubstituted forBonneat 82'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Edwards
- 7Wright
- 15Kent
- 19Bonne
- 20Lapslie
- 22Vincent-Young
- 33Parish
Charlton
Formation 4-1-3-2
- 30Pope
- 24Charles-Cook
- 6Sarr
- 28JohnsonSubstituted forVaz Teat 61'minutes
- 21Fox
- 39Poyet
- 44Moussa
- 10CeballosSubstituted forWilliamsat 45'minutesBooked at 52mins
- 8CousinsSubstituted forVetokeleat 38'minutes
- 9MakienokBooked at 71mins
- 16Ghoochannejhad
Substitutes
- 1Henderson
- 2Vaz Te
- 14Vetokele
- 25Williams
- 26Lennon
- 35Umerah
- 38Konsa
- Referee:
- Chris Kavanagh
- Attendance:
- 5,742
Match Stats
Home TeamColchesterAway TeamCharlton
- Possession
- Home49%
- Away51%
- Shots
- Home14
- Away13
- Shots on Target
- Home6
- Away4
- Corners
- Home4
- Away5
- Fouls
- Home9
- Away14
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Colchester United 2, Charlton Athletic 1.
Goal!
Goal! Colchester United 2, Charlton Athletic 1. Reza Ghoochannejhad (Charlton Athletic) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Franck Moussa.
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Richard Brindley (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Simon Makienok (Charlton Athletic).
Substitution
Substitution, Colchester United. Kane Vincent-Young replaces George Moncur.
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Richard Brindley (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Simon Makienok (Charlton Athletic).
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Attempt missed. Rhys Williams (Charlton Athletic) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
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Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Matthew Briggs.
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Attempt missed. Macauley Bonne (Colchester United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
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Attempt blocked. Ricardo Vaz Te (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Attempt saved. Ricardo Vaz Te (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution
Substitution, Colchester United. Macauley Bonne replaces Marvin Sordell.
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Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Alex Gilbey.
Booking
Alex Gilbey (Colchester United) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by Richard Brindley (Colchester United).
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Regan Charles-Cook (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Richard Brindley.
Substitution
Substitution, Colchester United. Joe Edwards replaces Owen Garvan.
