Post-match interview with Elgin City manager Allan Hale following Scottish Gas Scottish Cup second round win over Clyde after penalty shoot-out
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00:00It's one of those games where you just felt, is it going to fall?
00:04You're asking that question of yourself and we've kind of made the subs to be positive.
00:09We went two up top, we've kind of done everything that we can from a shape perspective.
00:15Big Jack Murray, brilliant delivery from Gal and just an outstanding header.
00:21That's all we had to do.
00:23Getting the equaliser was the least they deserved for what they put into the game.
00:27We were on the front foot for the majority of the second half.
00:30The next time, we've got a goal.
00:34Aidan has pulled off a great save from a penalty and a really important moment of the match.
00:40Swings the momentum back in our favour again and gives the crowd another wee lift to go and get behind.
00:45Then we score, in my opinion, a perfectly good goal through Jack Murray.
00:49The frustrating thing is the linesmen agreed that it was their own player that's fouled the goalkeeper.
00:55Which means it isn't a foul in that case.
00:57The striker has bumped into the goalkeeper and he's dropped the ball to Jack.
01:01Jack's played to the whistle and put the ball in the back of the net.
01:05That was real frustration because, for me, that's a legitimate goal.
01:08Then the penalties, it's a combination of good finishing at moments,
01:17but all the praise, all the plaudits, all the positive talk has to go to Aidan.
01:25I don't know how many penalties he saved, but it just felt like six.
01:29Including the one during the game.
01:31Including the one during the game.
01:32He was very unlucky, it wasn't seven with the first penalty because he pulled off a save
01:36and just slipped through his hands on the post.
01:39That was a brilliant moment for him and well deserved.
01:43I thought he was really assured today with his performances.
01:46I thought he pulled off a couple of important saves at key moments of the game.
01:49I thought his distribution was really good, especially against the wind in the first half.
01:53Penalties got to a point where you just felt he was going to save every one.
01:59That's a good moment for him because he's only young.
02:02You've got to remember he's only 19 and this is his first experience at senior football.
02:07He's doing really well and there were a lot of good performances out there today.
02:12The crowd were, once again, outstanding here.
02:15Really got behind the team.
02:17In the end, we're the team that's got ourselves through.
02:22We'll await the draw and see what happens in Round 3.