Cardiff City come from behind with two cracking goals to beat Peterborough United in the League One opener on Saturday afternoon.
An Bradley Ihionvien penalty had put Peterborough ahead in the 33rd minute, then shortly after the second half got underway, Ruben Colwill levelled for Cardiff with a stunning free-kick. Ronan Kpakio then completed the Bluebirds turnaround with his first senior goal.
Cardiff managed to hold on to all three points after some late scares by the Posh in the closing stages. The result puts the hosts top of the table, ahead of the 3pm kick offs.
Peterborough have taken the lead against Cardiff thanks to Bradley Ihionvien’s coolly taken penalty ❄️⚽️ pic.twitter.com/zmswF7yz7b
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The EFL is well and truly back as Ruben Colwill has scored an absolute BEAUTY for Cardiff City 💥🔝 pic.twitter.com/VNiw7FUwNo
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“A moment to treasure!” 🥹
Ronan Kpakio has thumped home his first senior goal to complete the turnaround and give Cardiff the lead 👏 pic.twitter.com/Y7BxjHCGS7
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Sir Alex Ferguson is in attendance at the Cardiff City Stadium! 👑 pic.twitter.com/jNckDmR0SB
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Prior to the game, Cardiff City chairman Mehmet Dalman dismissed takeover talk as ‘fiction’.
“This has been fascinating work of fiction. Let me be very clear on the record, nobody from a South African consortium came to see me,” said Dalman, as reported by BBC Sport.
“We have not entertained anybody coming around to look at this club. We have never spoken to the regulators or EFL [English Football League] or anybody.
“I have never tried to put a consortium together to take over this. I have never showed any interest in taking over this club. I came with Vincent, I will probably go with Vincent.
“There is an attempt by a number of groups to try to buy this club on the cheap so they’re pulling these stories out. We just need to kill them [the stories]. Our focus is to get promoted.
“I take one seriously. Are we pursuing it? No.
“I guarantee you that every team that gets relegated gets approaches because there are people that they are looking for value purchases.
“We always have approaches. Most of them are pathetic. Some of them have substance.
“Of course, we had approaches, but that’s not a bid. You would be shocked how low some of the numbers have been when people have rung up.
“For me to me to take anybody seriously, I need to know who they are in their entirety. I need to know proof of funds, preferably by a financial institution of some credibility. I need to know who their lawyers are, and I need to know who their accountants are. Until they give me those four things, I don’t have an offer.
“I would not want to sell at this level. I would want to see us in the Championship, which is really where this team should be.
“We got really close two seasons ago when we were in the Championship and we had a cast-iron offer. And that was the closest we were to selling.
“The last valuation we did was about £40m. The reason why I think you can ask for a premium is this is a Premier League-quality stadium and a Premier League catchment area.
“It’s maybe £50m if you stretch it. Let’s assume a Championship [club] is £100m, do you want to sell it now? In the Premier League it could be £400m.
“So it’s different dynamics, but I think you do not want to sell an asset when it’s rock bottom.”
Here’s how fans reacted as Cardiff come from behind with two cracking goals to beat Peterborough in their League One opener…
@TheoWheels07: Could watch this all day mate
@JakeHay20089510: Different level he is 🔥🔥
@JL90852: Surely Cardiff can’t hold onto Colwill. Easily good enough for a top championship club.
@Sm0ggs: The EFL is back baby 😮💨 Pick that one out.. bang 💥
@colin_shanks: Cardiff City may as well call off the Goal of the Season competition now… Colwill has won it.
@mar_utb14: What a fucking ping that is 🔥
@RossFowler1988: Wasn’t perfect. Far from it. But worked their absolute bollocks off, played some lovely stuff. Ref did his best. Plenty more to come from this lot. Some experience back in, a few signings and we will be alright. Uppa City 💙
@GJ_Thomas: The good vibes are back! #CCFC #Bluebirds
@LinternBenjamin: Wonderful football but also obvious areas to improve. Defence still ropey and can tell in the last ten mins, a young team will need to learn how to see a game out
@JakePrice1927: Great to get off to a good start. Unreal goals from Colwill & Kpakio. If that’s the standard of refereeing, iesu grist mun. Need to sharpen up defensively but roll on Port Vale away baby. First win I’ve seen since January 😍
@MarkLewisCarter: Great start, really positive signs. Lots to work on, no doubt about that, but a long way from the doom and gloom of last season. Exciting going forward and real hunger to win the ball back when we don’t have it. Cut out the mistakes, bring in a few more bodies & we’ll be alright.
@CCFCMando: Watching Cardiff today for the first time in over a year with hope and interest. BBM has us playing exciting football and the youth are getting chances. We just need more signings now 👏
@LewisT_Williams: Just finished watching the game. Tanner was involved in everything Cardiff did going forward. They could’ve easily scored 4 or 5. Peterborough don’t look solid at the back, disjointed and lacking experience.
