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League Cup Over & Out With Dundee winning only 1-0, that was no use to either club and they both leave the League Cup at the end of the group stages. Zach Robinson's 60th minute header was not enough to put Dundee ahead of Raith Rovers to claim a slot in the draw as one of the three best of the rest. For Inverness, we meddled with our starting XI and Harry Lodovica made an appearance in the second half. Danny Devine, Sean Welsh, Roddy MacGregor, Charlie Gilmour and Adam Brooks were nowhere to be seen, hopefully being prepared for the start of the Championship next week. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Official report from ICTFC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Inverness gave as good as they got in this encounter but went down to a second half goal from Zach Robinson. Mark Ridgers made an early save from Pineda who flicked the ball forward from inside the six yard box but the keeper produced a brilliant reflex save to deny the Mexican and tip the ball over the bar for a corner. Billy Mckay had a close range shot tipped over by Jon McCracken in the Dundee goal and Nathan Shaw curled an effort inches wide after good work by Keith Bray. Austin Samuels lashed a shot over after a cut-back from Billy Mckay five minutes before the break as the visitors saw the better of the first half. After the break a Mckay shot rolled just wide when he got the break of the ball through on goal. Mark Ridgers was called into action as he made a good save to keep out sub Amadou Bakayoko's powerful effort after an initial mix-up in the Inverness defence. Robinson's goal, despite Ridgers' effort to claw the ball away on the hour, meant Dundee needed one more for pole position to qualify. It never came despite them upping their game with Bakayoko and McGhee going close for the hosts. McCracken saved a low effort from Samuels with ten minutes left. A frantic ending saw both sides flash the ball goalwards but the score remained at 1-0 to Dundee at full time. A decent workout and if we don't have fresh injuries, I presume we rested some players ahead of the start of the real season. Gilmour was suspended. Highlights from ViaPlay Billy Dodds post match>>> Where's Harry? Here he is>>> Date: 30/07/2023 Venue: Dens Park/Kilmac Stadium Attendance: 2337 Referee: John Beaton Dundee FC: 1 Manager: Tony Docherty Lineup: McCracken; Portales, Shaughnessy, Ashcroft, Mulligan (McCowan 58) Boateng, McGhee (Robertson 77), Tiffoney (Cameron 45), Beck, Robinson, Pineda (Bakayoko 45) Subs (not used): Legdzins; Kerr, Rudden, Anderson, Wilkie Scorers: Robinson (60) Booked: Beck (37) Sent Off: none Inverness CT: 0 Manager: Billy Dodds Lineup: Ridgers; Davidson (Ram 71), Duffy, Delaney, Harper, Samuels, Bray (Longstaff 64), Carson, Hyde (Thompson 71), Shaw (Lodovica 78), B Mckay (Doran 77) Subs (not used): C Mackay; Strachan Scorers: none Booked: Hyde (44), Duffy (69), Delaney (81), Harper (90) Sent Off: none a