Pontin's Live - Wrexham Res 2 Carlisle Res 2 (Ft)
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Wrexham have certainly enjoyed themselves in the sunshine at the Racecourse this afternoon and it was good to see Juan Ugarte back on the scoresheet with a double.
The Basque striker finished his first with ease from 16-yards, when he side footed home a cross from Josh Johnson. The Trindidadian winnger was running circles round his marker and, literally leaving him in his wake, time after time.
He has delivered several dangerous crosses and also fired in angled drive that passed the wrong side of the near post.
Juan's opening goal came on 20 minutes and was followed a minute later but a shot from Marc Williams that whistled inches wide.
A short corner on 32 minutes was picked up by Matt Crowell on the corner of the United box and his effort was only just cleared Adam Bradley's crossbar.
Morecambe's Wembley play-off final hero Danny Carlton managed to chip high into the Kop when he had only the Wrexham keeper to beat, but he did found the net on 36 minutes.
Steven Hindmarch put through a defence splitting pass for the striker to race through and with only the keeper to beat he planted the ball in the back of the Wrexham net.
United keeper Bradley, produced a hat-trick of finger tip saves to deny Ugarte on three seperate occasions just after the break. Twice pushing the ball round a post and then touching a shot from the striker over the crossbar.
The visitors then went in front on 70 minutes, when a loing ball down the middle was headed down by Luke Joyce and into the path of Danny Carlton, who finished from close range.
Marc Williams then headed narrowlly wide from a Crowell cross before the Reds were awarded a penalty.
Johnson's trickery took him between two defenders and as the paur closed in on him the winger went ground. The referee point for a penalty and booked Neale McDermott, the son of Liverpool legend Terry, for dissent.
Strangely enough, as Ugarte waited to take the spot kick, both side made a substitution, as well as about 15 players headed for the sidelines for some refreshment - leaving Juan and the United keeper isolated at one end of the pitch!
Several minutes passed before everyone returned to the pitch, but Juan kept his nerve and slotted the ball low to the keeper's left.
A fair result in the end, but on a day when, as a club, we got a great deal more out the 90 minutes than just a point.