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Academy
Sunday 1st May 2011
Castleview v Ballincollig
The Ballincollig Under 8s were just past the halfway point in their season as they travelled away to Castleview AFC on a grey and gloomy evening. The lads withstood some early pressure with keeper Jordan Murphy making a great save tipping the ball over the bar, and Bryan Smith and Ryan Crowley also defending well. Ballincollig then had a couple of half chances with wingers Robbie Walsh and Jamie Slavin just shooting wide. Castleview then had a corner cleared by Robbie with a good clearing header. From a Ballincollig attack they won a line ball which Robbie crossed into the box and Scott Kelly had his header just hit the upright and go wide. Shortly after another chance fell to Scott as he took a first time volley on the ball as it dropped over his shoulder, but he blasted it a fraction too high. Straight from the kick-out Robbie received the ball on the right wing and he unleashed a fierce shot into the bottom left hand corner, smashing goal! Soon after that Scott had a shot on goal but it was Paraic who got the final touch to steer it past the keeper. Castleview were quick to respond with two goals either side of a shot by Paraic, which hit the post. All level at the break.
Ballincollig started the second period well with Robbie forcing the Castleview keeper into a good diving save. Paraic and Cormac Dineen were now dominant in defence, with good support from Ryan, Sean O’Donoghue and Gabriel Czubak in midfield. Castleview then exerted some good pressure but Ballincollig defended well. Then from a Ballincollig attack Robbie won a corner, and from this Gabriel forced the keeper into a good save. Again Castleview attacked for a period, but Paraic eventually broke forward and passed the ball out to Gabriel on the wing and he in turn passed it to Sean in the centre and he ran through on goal and neatly slotted the ball into the net. It was a nice passing move to see Ballincollig take the lead once more.
The final period saw Castleview get off to a good start with an early equaliser. This was followed by another chance as the ball zipped across the face of the goal, but Jordan just got a toe to the ball. Bryan was playing great up and down the left wing and Jamie linked up well with him to win a corner. Scott took this and it was a lovely ball into the box where Jamie got the last touch to poke it home. Jordan was soon called on again to make a great save from a Castleview corner. The game now switched from end to end as the two teams slugged it out with Sean and Cormac outstanding in defence. Jamie even had his breath taken away, unfortunately though it was due to a ball into the chest rather than by the quality of the play. Gabriel played Bryan through, out on the left wing, where he pulled the ball back for Jamie who unleashed a thunderous right foot shot, but he just pulled it left and wide. From the kick-out Bryan volleyed a sweet right foot shot into the net to extend the Ballincollig lead. Finally Cormac made a great defensive tackle from Castleview’s last attack.
It was a hard game and Ballincollig had to tough this one out, but all the lads put in the effort required. Well done to all who played.
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