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Academy
U7s CSL Non Competitive League
Wilton v Ballincollig
Last Saturday, May 22nd, the opposition for the Ballincollig Under 7s was Wilton. The first period saw Ballincollig start well enough, although it was difficult for both sides due to the intense heat. Jamie Slavin returned in goal while Cillian Kierse and Darragh Moriarty continued their new defensive partnership. Alex Hill, Luke O’Sullivan and Scott Kelly were in midfield and Mark Oldham, captain for the match, was given his opportunity up front. Ballincollig had the best of things early on with Scott controlling the play nicely from midfield. Some nice passing between Alex, Mark and Luke saw Alex force a corner when the Wilton keeper made a great save, and then later he hit the post and also had a shot go wide. Wilton stepped up a gear and had Ballincollig defending, with Scott dropping back to help out in the left back position. Jamie made a couple of good saves and Darragh and Cillian were closing down well. Then unfortunately Wilton scored a couple within a minute as Ballincollig failed to clear their lines, leaving Jamie with no chance of saving them. Jamie did make a great save soon after, from an overhead kick. Ballincollig finished the stronger with Alex setting up Luke and Mark for a shot on goal just before the interval.
The second period saw Ballincollig get an early corner, which Alex took, and he curled it beautifully into the net. Unfortunately though it didn’t count as it went in without anyone else touching it and scoring direct from a corner isn’t allowed at this level, hard luck Alex. Bryan Smith was introduced up from with Robbie Walsh and Gabriel Czubak coming into midfield, but they spent most of their time defending as Ballincollig spent more time defending that attacking. Darragh continued to have an excellent game at the back and Jamie making some brave saves, to the point of throwing himself on the ball at the feet of an attacker. Bryan had the only real Ballincollig chances in this period, after having been put through by Luke and then by Robbie, but the keeper saved. Wilton finally made the pressure tell though, with only a few minutes to go, first they scored an amazing first time left footed volley from a corner, poor Jamie never had a chance. Then a bit of confusion in the Ballincollig defence saw a back pass result in an own goal.
For the last period Cillian and Mark were brought back into midfield and Scott came into defence alongside Gabriel. Bryan scored almost straight from the kick off to get Ballincollig off to a great start only to then see Wilton catch them out straight away as they scored their fifth. Ballincollig never gave up though and dominated from here on in. Scott started to control the play nicely from defence/midfield, intercepting the ball and setting up the attackers time and time again. Bryan had a number of chances but each time was unlucky to be on his weaker foot. Mark and Robbie played well and Cillian racked up a quick hat-trick giving Ballincollig a great chance of an amazing comeback, but with Wilton on the rack we ran out of time.
What a great end to the game and what entertainment. Man of the Match was a close contest with Cillian picking up a hat-trick, Darragh outstanding in defence in the first two periods and Jamie did well in goal, but for his tireless efforts in the first period and for controlling the final period so well Scott gets the nod in a close contest. Good recovery lads.
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