The away team took an early lead on a goal from Lewis Nolan, but in the second half, five goals from Nwaneri, one from Luis Brown, and one from Omari Benjamin entirely turned the tide in our favor.

The initial opportunity of the match was missed by Myles Lewis-Skelly, but Crewe gained the lead when Nolan converted a pass into an empty net following an error by Noah Cooper.

Josh Nichols missed the target with a header at the back post as the visitors regained their threat later in the first half; we trailed 1-0 at halftime.

Immediately after Seb Ferdinand’s side-netting miss at the beginning of the second half, we responded with an equalizer.

Nwaneri launched the ball from 20 yards out, and it sailed into the back of the net for a 1-1 tie, courtesy of a deflection.

We took a 2-1 lead with the breeze in our sails when Brown headed in a Michal Rosiak corner kick, prior to Nwaneri scoring twice.

Ayden Heaven intercepted the ball and passed it to Nwaneri, who created the opportunity with deft agility in the box to shoot into the upper left corner.

With slightly over 20 minutes remaining, Nwaneri completed his hat-trick by receiving the ball from Ferdinand and elevating it above the charging Mikolaj Lenarcilc for 4-1.

Wetzal’s fifth and his fourth of the evening occurred in the 74th minute. Nwaneri received the pass from substitute Kamarni Ryan, and his subsequent shot was deflected in.

One minute later, Nwaneri scored an unstoppable goal from the edge of the box, which Ryan again assisted on.

As the ball ricocheted around Crewe’s penalty area in stoppage time at the conclusion of the second half, Benjamin was in the ideal position to tap in for seven.