Zain Westbrooke said the moment he scored his first Youth Team goal, after nearly a two-year wait, didn’t feel like reality.

The midfielder fired an unstoppable 25 yards volley into the top corner to complete a fine comeback for The Bees and extend their lead over third-placed Cardiff City to five points.

The Bees, in Jon De Souza’s first-game back in charge, fell behind just before half-time to Lloyd Humphries’ acrobatic effort but levelled matters from the spot midway through the second-half as Bradley Clayton slotted home after Joshua Bohui had been fouled.

It looked like the game would end all-square until Zain struck with four minutes to go to secure the three points for The Bees.

Speaking to Bees Player after the win Zain said he was pleased to be able to get off the mark in such a spectacular way.

However the midfielder, who turns 18 today, said that his goal only felt so good because it helped the side to take all three points.

“I don’t really remember the goal,” said Zain.

“It doesn’t seem like reality now.

“I just thought that it was late on in the game and that I needed to strike it.

“People were coming to close me down so I have just struck it and luckily it has gone straight in and won us the game.

“It is good to get off the mark in the Youth Team and it was a fantastic way to do it but the most important thing was to get the win.”

Saturday’s win extended the Youth Team’s run to four wins in five games and means it is just one defeat in seven Under 18 Professional Development League Two South games.

Having added Cardiff City to their impressive list of recent wins Zain said there is enormous confidence in the Youth Team dressing room that they can go out and win any game.

Zain attributes a large part of The Bees good form to the increased threat going forward that the side has this season.

However the midfielder added that while it is good the side are winning games of football they would still like to be putting in better performances as well.

“We are feeling good but we know that wasn’t our best performance,” said Zain.

“In the first-half we didn’t control the game at all and they imposed their game-plan more than we did.

“We are top of the league and we got the result so we can’t really complain.

“We do need to go out there and put our training into the matches.

“If we do have a bad day but we keep winning then it makes us feel a bit better than if we put in a good performance and lose.

“We have got a good team ethic and spirit.

“We feel that we can win every game that we play.

“Even when we are behind we feel that we can get goals and go and win the game.

“We are scoring goals this year which is much better.

“Last year we would put in some good performances but we would never win because we couldn’t score goals.

“There are a lot of good strikers coming through at the club, especially from the Under-16s.

“It seems like every time they come in they score goals for us and win us games.”

Cardiff’s game-plan on Saturday was to press Zain and his teammates high up the pitch and stop them playing out from the back.

It was a tactic that worked for the opening 70 minutes but The Bluebirds tired in the closing stages and that allowed The Bees to take control of the game.

Zain felt he and his teammates could have been braver in possession and played out of the press better that they did and that is something they need to work on building up to next Saturday’s visit of Bristol City.

“Their game-plan was to not let us play out from the back and they shut off a lot of the pitch so that we couldn’t play out from the back,” said Zain.

“We didn’t play out of that enough in the first-half but at half-time we sussed them out and did a little bit better second-half.

“I still think we have a lot to work on in the next week.

“Both Jon De Souza and Anthony Hayes were saying that we need someone brave to get on the ball and trust each other.

“Especially from Nik Tzanev’s goal kicks, even if there was a player on us, we need to trust getting the ball off him and see what happens.

“We are top of the league and we will go into training on Monday with a lot of confidence.

“We just need to better our performances and keep winning and we will be alright.”

Saturday also saw the return to the Youth Team dugout of Jon De Souza who returned to the Youth Team role after two-and-a-half years as Development Squad manager.

From Saturday’s starting XI Zain, Gradi Milenge, Tom Field, Audrius Laucys, Bradley Clayton and Nik Tzanev had all played under Jon as Development Squad manager.

Zain believes that appointing Jon has made it a very smooth transition and he has enjoyed his first few sessions under the new manager.

The midfielder hopes that Jon can bring the best out of him and help him push on to get back into the Under-21s squad.

“It has not been a big change with Jon coming in,” said Zain.

“I think it is just going to be progression and change and only better our performances.

“We are working more on possession already.

“He has only been working us for a couple of days but we can see where it is going and it is going to be good.

“I had a good taste of the Under-21s and felt that I did well.

“If we keep winning and playing well then that is only going to make the new Under-21s manager and Mark Warburton watch us more and we can progress.

“It is nice for us when Under-21 players go out on loan because it means there is a space for us.

“There is a chance to get minutes in the Under-21s rather than to go up and sit on the bench and then come back down.”

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