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Academy
U7s CSL Non Competitive League
Greenwood v Ballincollig
Ballincollig continued their league campaign last Saturday, April 17th, with another away trip, this time to Greenwood in Togher. The game started brightly with Greenwood playing with the advantage of a slight slope. Both sides were well matched with the tenacious Ryan Crowley, Gabriel Czubak and the silky skills of Mark Oldham providing the platform for most of Ballincollig’s attacks. At the first interval however it was the defences that had come out on top.
The second period of play saw Ballincollig under some serious pressure at times but looking very dangerous on the counter attack. On a number of occasions Scott Kelly broke from defence linking up with Mark Oldham and Dillon Ring. This trio first allowed Mark and then latter Darragh Moriarty to narrowly miss out after opening up the Greenwood defence. In between Ballincollig had some serious defending to do with a finger-tip save by Bryan Smith in goals and a goal line clearance from Alex Hill. Greenwood then scored with just minutes of the second period to go as Ballincollig got caught out of position. Not to be deterred Ballincollig soon were on the attack again this time down the right wing with Dillon Ring bringing a great save out of the Greenwood keeper.
The third period of play saw some excellent pressure from Ballincollig and it was Greenwood’s turn to perform the last ditch defending. Ballincollig forced corner after corner, with Alex Hill, Scott Kelly and Sean Callinan all testing the Greenwood defence. Then Greenwood hit Ballincollig on the counter attack as they broke down the left wing tucking the ball into the bottom left corner. Despite the set back Ballincollig never gave in and were soon on the attack again. With only a few minutes to go Scott Kelly finally broke through and slotted home with a nice finish to throw Ballincollig a lifeline. Moments later he was through again and unleashed a thunderous left foot drive, which all on the sideline were convinced was destined for the top left hand corner of the net, only to see it slip wide past the post. Well done lads great performance.
Next week Ballincollig U7s will be at home against Blarney United at 5pm in the Regional Park. Do come and support us if you can.
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