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[Steve Russell]

Fr om the Club....

A MIXED QPR Development Squad and Under-18s side fell to a 5-4 defeat to HJK Helsinki U20s in an
entertaining friendly affair.
The fixture - played in 3x40 minute thirds - took place as part of a joint-trip to the Finnish capital last week.

The first two thirds were contested by predominately Dev Squad and second-year U18 players, while the final
third featured mostly first-year U18s.

Emmerson Sutton and Lorenzo Strachan were on target for Rangers during the first two thirds, alongside an own goal,
with Ridwan Hassan netting in the final period of play.

Our Dev Squad return to pre-season action this coming Saturday, contesting a behind-closed-doors friendly against
Crystal Palace U21s.

The U18s host their Portsmouth counterparts at TSG Training Centre on the same day.

QPR (1st/2nd thirds): Loades (Jones), Friel (Putman), Manufor, McDowell, Leahy, Morgan, Radojevic, Hamid (Neill),
Petrie (Sutton), Coomes (Strachan), Vaughan.

QPR (final third): Jones, Putman (Sanyaolu), Skeete, Cuthbert, Adjetey-Brew, Neill, Tarbotton, Hayati, Sutton (Kennedy),
Strachan (Neziri), Hassan.