Graham Alexander “proud” as Bradford reach EFL Trophy semi-final

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Bradford City manager Graham Alexander shared his pride at his players’ performance as they defeated Rotherham 0-1 to book their place in the last four of the EFL Trophy.

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00:00Bradford City manager Graeme Alexander was proud of his players as they reached the last

00:04four of the EFL trophy with a 1-0 win over Rotherham.

00:07More than pleased. Extremely proud of the players tonight. I thought they were magnificent.

00:12It was such a tough match physically. The bombardment that came our way into our final

00:17third. It took us 10-15 minutes to get to grips with it. A lot of free kicks going against

00:25us in the first half. A very frustrating half for us but the lads stuck at it. Stayed

00:31disciplined. Stayed focused. When we got into half-time we just reminded the players that

00:37we have to keep standing up for that but then we have to play our game. Some of the football

00:42in the second half was magnificent. We deserved to win the game. We were the better team I

00:46felt against a very good team that were determined to win it as well. So we're delighted to go

00:52through to the semi-finals. It was a brilliant performance of everything needed to win a

00:57game of football.

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