Glory Nzingo | We are disappointed, but we should be proud of our achievements

Glory Nzingo is aiming to go one step further next season after being left disappointed by Swansea City Under-21’s 4-2 defeat by Sheffield United Under-21 in the Professional Development League play-off semi-finals .

The Swans found themselves 2-0 up at half-time with Louie Marsh and Jay Tinsdale on target for the Blades, but Nzingo would pull one back for the Swans before the break.

However, Sheffield United’s two-goal advantage would be restored early in the second half when Sam Aston headed home from close range, with Thomas Woodward’s late goal proving just a consolation.

Nzingo felt his team was capable of a better performance than they showed, but praised the character of his teammates to reach this stage.

“It’s really a big upset for us because we know we’re a lot better than that,” Nzingo said.

“Today was a tough day against a tough team and unfortunately for us we didn’t perform as well as we could have.

“We showed much better character in the second half but unfortunately it wasn’t enough today so we’re upset about that.

“We are really proud, especially as it has been a long time since the club reached this stage.

“We’ve had a lot of challenges this season, we’ve had players in and out of the team but one thing about us is we always show great character and we’ve done it all season so we should be proud of ourselves.

“We have now shown that we are capable of reaching this stage, we know our qualities individually and as a team and we will certainly want to go on and win next season.

“The fight we showed is new, in short, there are obviously sometimes disappointments in football, but we keep fighting and show that character in the hard times.”