Brentford beat Sheffield 5-4 on penalties on Wednesday to reach the Carabao Cup quarter-finals.
Bees goalkeeper Mark Frecken saved Liam Palmer’s penalty, the only missed spot-kick in the shootout, to prevent an upset against the Championship side after the match finished 1-1.
The Premier League side took the lead through Kevin Shade’s 11th-minute goal and were completely dominant in the first half at G-Tech Community Stadium.
However, Wednesday, who made nine changes from their Championship win at Portsmouth, improved in the second half and leveled the score in the 57th minute with Jaidi Gassama’s long-range shot (his first shot on target).
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Jaydee Gassama scores for Sheffield Wednesday against Brentford
With the tied goal, both teams forced goalkeeper saves to liven up the game, but in normal times they couldn’t find a winner.
The first nine penalties were all awarded and Palmer tried to take a spot-kick, but Frecken saved it and sent it through the opposition’s territory.
Frekken atones for ‘unnecessary mistake’ with brave penalty
Brentford goalkeeper Mark Frecken was a hero for the home team
Frecken may have been the hero of Brentford’s shooting game but admitted Wednesday’s late equalizer was his fault.
After catching a corner kick, the Dutchman tried to set up a Brentford counterattack with a throw, but sold Shade short and Gassama intercepted and scored.
“The moment I caught the corner kick, there were so many possibilities and I made the wrong choice,” he said. sky sports.
“The mistakes I made helped to make us mentally worse. It took away the control we had and went from a controlled game to an open game.
“It was completely unnecessary. We rolled the ball to the wrong person. We need to learn from that.”
However, Frecken then recovered his own penalty to ensure Brentford’s place in the last eight.
“I ended up on the wrong side the first two times,” he said. [of the shoot-out]. It doesn’t inspire confidence when you get into a gunfight, but luckily the last one was saved.
“This is not the first and only mistake I have made in my career. I am 31 years old now and have quite a lot of experience, which helps me a lot in dealing with such mistakes.”
