Coolboy 7
Wicklow Rovers 0
Celtic Park Arklow
Eoin Horkan
Anyone that was in attendance
in Celtic Park got to witness a clinical Coolboy side come out on top of
Wicklow Rovers to reach the u16 Jako Cup final.
Coolboy started the game the
way a team would like to start a semi-final. In almost the first play of the
game they managed to play the ball over the Wicklow defense but the ball was
well covered by the Wicklow keeper. Both sides then evened each other out in
the next few phases of play. After 7
minutes Coolboy managed to get themselves into an early lead through striker
Finnian Collins who managed to latch onto a ball in the Wicklow box before
slotting the ball into the far corner of the net. The game settled down again
for the next couple of minutes with both defenses managing to halt each other.
Coolboy winger Oisin Gorman then made a burst down the wing but his shot
narrowly missed the far corner of the net.
With half an hour gone in the game, Coolboy won a corner which ended up
at the feet of that man Collins again who turned on the edge of the box and
drove a fine shot into the back of the net. With the game petering towards the half
time whistle Coolboy managed to get one last chance but the long-range effort
from Zack Furlong flew narrowly past the post. Leaving the score 2-0 at half
time
The 2nd half
started off at a much slower pace with both sides making substitutes in the
early parts. Defenses were coming out on top again for the opening 10 minutes before
the game opened up again. Wicklow had a great chance through a corner but the
header from sub-Ben Larson went narrowly over the bar. From the resulting kick
out Coolboy striker Collins managed to get through the Wicklow defense before
the Wicklow keeper managed to stop his attempt on goal. Wicklow started to play
well after this chance, but the Coolboy defense managed to stop them any time
they got near the goal. With 68 minutes gone and against the run of the play, Coolboy winger Oisin Gorman managed to put the game to bed as a contest with a
great strike into the back of the net. With
the game heading into the final 5 minutes, nobody would have predicted what was
about to happen next. Nearly every time Coolboy attack ended up in another
goal. Gorman managed to get hold of a loose ball in the box before rolling the
ball into an empty net. Gorman then
completed his hat trick after yet again been in the right place at the right
time to slot the ball into the empty net.
Striker Collins then managed to try and get his hat trick but try as he
might it didn’t happen his final chance hitting the post with the ball rolling
around in the box eventually made its way into the net. Just before the final, the whistle went the aforementioned Gorman managed to get his 4th goal
of the game after beating a defender before firing the ball into the net to
finish the game completely.
Coolboy; Rhys Nolan,
Patrick Murphy, Shane Byrne, Rory Adare, Callum Hutton Aaron Corless, Cathal
Rooney, Kai Davis, Finnian Collins, Zack Furlong, Oisin Gorman
Wicklow Rovers; Jack Jennings, Micheal Cassidy, Patrick
Owens, Donal O Donoghue, Fionn O Brien, Kevin Leonard, Sean Murphy, Adam O
Reily Callum Raul, Ewan Culbert Kyle O Neil
Subs on David Lally, Keelan
Vickers, Ben Larson
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