Truro City Captain Assesses Team as ‘Second Best’ in Maidstone United Defeat

Truro City’s captain, Connor Riley-Lowe, whose goal secured the club’s promotion to National League South in May 2023, stated that his team was “second best” following their 2-0 home defeat against Maidstone United. The Tinners, who had held the top position in National League South prior to the match, fell to fourth place in the standings due to victories by Torquay United and Boreham Wood. Maidstone established a lead in the 23rd minute with a goal from Antony Papadopoulos, and Aaron Blair extended their advantage, securing the win 18 minutes before the final whistle. This outcome marked only Truro’s second defeat across their most recent 13 league fixtures. “I think we were second best to be fair to Maidstone,” Riley-Lowe told BBC Radio Cornwall. “They played the conditions better, I think first half they were picking up a lot more second balls, picking up a lot more territory and had us under a lot of pressure.” “I did feel that if we got in at half-time at 0-0 or 1-0, the second half with the wind with us, I thought we might have might have come on strong.” “But we never really got going second half to be fair and give them credit as well, they were good at slowing the game down and breaking it down.” “I don’t think we were at the races today. It was just one of those games.”