Thursday 21 February 2013 11:01, UK
Russell Slade admitted Leyton Orient were "devastated" after missing out on a trip to Wembley in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy.
The O's had overturned a 1-0 first-leg deficit against Southend with goals from Shaun Batt and David Mooney, either side of Barry Corr's strike, leaving the teams tied at 2-2 and heading for penalties. But a last-gasp Ben Reeves goal secured a 3-2 aggregate win for the League Two Shrimpers and booked a final meeting with Crewe in April. "They are devastated in the dressing room, it's football and there is only one winner and you never want to be a loser," said Slade. "It is very hard to take and it will take a while but we need to show some character and bounce back. "We came up short in the end but I have to say I didn't see that happening. "We normally defend a lot better than that but we were winning and I thought we were the side that looked like scoring another."
