Truro City beat Braintree Town 3-1 on Saturday afternoon in a match that swung sharply after half-time, with the home side converting early second-half pressure into a commanding lead they never relinquished.
Braintree made the brighter start. John Akinde put them ahead in the seventh minute, and for the opening quarter-hour they looked the more organised side. Truro gradually worked their way into the contest, and James Vennings levelled on 28 minutes. Adrian Akande then gave the hosts the lead four minutes later, though Braintree continued to press before Frederick Issaka pulled the visitors level again just before the break. At half-time the game was finely poised at 2-2.
The second half belonged almost entirely to Truro. Goran Babić put them ahead within two minutes of the restart, and from that point Braintree struggled to find any sustained foothold. Lewis Walker extended the lead on 59 minutes, and though Braintree introduced fresh legs with a series of substitutions including Rekeil Pyke and Sahid Kamara, they could not fashion a meaningful response.
The closing stages saw both benches emptied, with Aidan Francis Clarke, Zac Bell, and Tom Harrison all entering the action. Truro managed the game comfortably through the final exchanges. Akinde was lively throughout for the visitors but received little consistent support, and Braintree's first-half momentum felt a distant memory long before the final whistle.
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