It’s like watching Brazil
Academy
Sunday 17th April 2011
Midleton v Ballincollig
Midleton started the better and Ballincollig had to show some stout defending from Sean Callanan and Jamie Slavin in defence, with support from midfield. The Midleton pressure finally paid off as they scored a deserved goal. Keeper Darragh Moriarty was called on again and again as Ballincollig were struggling to get out of their own half. It was looking ominous, but the lads keep at it. Finally they broke away on a great counterattack. Robbie Walsh the lone striker received the ball in midfield and weaved his way towards goal where his finish was as cool as his run. The midfield trio of Adam Summers, Cormac Dineen and Bryan Smith started to get more into the game and Ballincollig had a couple of half chances. Then Bryan scored a bizarre goal when he stuck the ball in the net after everyone else stopped play. They all expected the Ref to give a penalty for a clear handball, but he didn’t. A perfect example of always play the whistle. Midleton weren’t to be outdone and quickly replied. Cormac then played a nice through ball to Adam who showed some good footwork, but he just missed. Then Ballincollig repeated their first goal with Bryan clearing to Robbie in midfield and again he dribbled his way through the defence, took his shot, and scored.
The second period started with Midleton forcing Darragh into a couple of saves. Cormac and Scott Kelly were rock solid in defence. Striker Mark Oldham had an early shot saved. Sean was tenacious in midfield with support from Ryan Crowley and Adam on the wings. Ballincollig won a free kick when a Midleton defender tried to swap shorts with Mark, thankfully he was unsuccessful! Sean, Adam and Ryan showed us a nice passing move but the final shot just slipped wide. Darragh and Cormac were then called on to make goal line clearances from a Midleton corner. Ballincollig scored again from what is becoming the signature piece of this side, another counterattack, this time starting with an intercept by Darragh passing to Mark on the wing, he hurdled a challenge and sent in a cross to Adam whose shot was saved, but Mark followed up and scored the rebound. This was soon followed by a great ball out of defence by Scott, then from Sean to Mark who buried it for his second.
The last period was more of the same with Midleton attacking and hitting the post. Ryan and Mark were now in defence with Jamie, Scott and Robbie helping from midfield. Ballincollig again counterattacked with Mark clearing up to Bryan who scored, but Midleton replied quickly from a corner with the attacker dropping to his knees on the near post to head in, nicely done. Ballincollig then pinned Midleton back with Scott starting to take over in midfield. Robbie, Jamie and Scott combined to set up Bryan out on the left wing where he unleashed an incredible shot, goal! “It’s like watching Brazil” was the comment from one of the supporters. Indeed it was a classy goal. It was all Ballincollig now as Scott, Robbie and Bryan all had shots at goal that narrowly missed or were saved. Midleton had the last say as they got another before the final whistle. A quality performance all round, and a big thanks to all who travelled.
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