East Kilbride boss Chris Aitken praised his gamers for persevering with to supply the products amid a packed schedule.
His Kilby facet claimed a 3-1 win over Caledonian Braves within the South West part of the Lowland League Cup final night time to maneuver joint-top of the desk and take a step nearer to reaching the quarter-finals of the competitors.
It was their eighth win on the spin in all competitions and Aitken - who thrashed Braves 7-0 in a league conflict of their final assembly in December - was delighted to come back away with three factors within the part, the place the highest two progress.
Kilby recovered from Neil McLaughlin's early penalty miss to interrupt the impasse by means of BJ Coll after 37 minutes. Braves levelled up earlier than half-time, however Steven Previous and Joao Victoria earned the win within the second half.
Aitken mentioned: "It was a very good end result as a result of we knew Braves would actually be up for it after the final end result we had in opposition to them within the league.
"They tried to get in our faces and make it a bit bodily, nevertheless it was one other nice win for us.
"I might have taken 3-1 initially of the sport. As soon as we went 2-1 up we acquired a grip of the sport and appeared an actual risk going ahead.
"On one other day Neil, together with his high quality, may have scored three or 4 objectives.
"I do know he missed a penalty however his all-round sport has been completely top-drawer.
"It was one other good efficiency.
"I can not converse extremely sufficient of them. The video games are coming thick and quick, however they preserve turning up and producing outcomes."
Kilby now host Gretna 2008 at Okay-Park on Saturday.
A win there would guarantee qualification for the knockout phases of one other cup competitors, having already reached the quarter-finals of the South Problem Cup subsequent month.
Aitken added: "They have the possibility to have a very robust finish to the season and if we go and win on Saturday, the boys are in one other quarter-final.
"That is the purpose in opposition to Gretna and I should not have to do a lot speaking on Saturday.
"It is over to them to go and get themselves into one other large sport."
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