Arklow Town vs Lusk United LFAI U19

 

LFA U19 Cup

Arklow Town 4

Lusk United 2

Travers Insurance Park

Eoin Horkan

 Arklow Town overcame Lusk United  on Sunday evening in what was a free scoring cup game .

After a frenetic opening few minutes of the game the home side started to control the ball in the midfield which resulted in them getting the first couple of chances in the half

After four minutes of the game Abby Healy broke through the defence but her early effort from a narrow angle was saved well by the Lusk net minder. Arklow were controlling the ball more and midfielder Lucy Kindlon lofted a ball over the defence which Ciara Lancaster latched onto. As she touched the ball around the keeper the angle narrowed her shot hit the butt of the post.

In nearly the same play Healy broke through again and similar to her teammate her effort from a tight angle rattled the post to keep the game scoreless.

The first goal of the game after 13 minutes against the run of play when Emma Walsh broke onto a long ball from the Lusk defence to finish neatly into the bottom corner .   Arklow kept the pressure on with Nadine Kelly in goal  keeping Healy out again before they managed to level the tie.

Jodie Walsh broke down the wing as the home side piled forward,as she cut inside the opposition defence her curling effort from the edge of the box nestled in the far corner to level the game.

After the early flurry of chances from both sides the game fell into a lull for the next ten minutes with both sides cancelling each other out.  Twenty minutes in Healy made another burst down the wing and started making her way towards the end line . As she got there, she managed to square it to Lizzy Bourke who slotted into the net expertly.

Chances became few and far between as the half moved on until Lusk won a free about forty yards out . They cleverly lofted the ball over the defence and after a mix up in the Arklow defence they were awarded a penalty.  Winger Annie Boardman stepped up to the spot and levelled the game with a well taken penalty into the bottom corner . The half petered to its conclusion then leaving the sides level at the break.

Straight after the whistle Arklow piled forward again and after a mix up Healy finally managed to get her name on the score sheet finishing well from the edge of the box. Chances were few and far between after the 3^rd goal as both defences were clearing ball after ball .

As I say that Abby Healy pressured a defender coming out with the ball, she disposed them and casually finished into the goal to virtually kill the game of as a contest in the 60^th minute.

From there to the final whistle Arklow were in complete control with Lucie Kindlon showing plenty of nous to keep the ball the way from the opposition .

Lusk did try to push forward but Farrin Wholohan and Amy Morgan held them out expertly to finish off any last chance that Lusk had to narrow the final score .

 

Arklow Town: 1 Emilija  Joncaite,13 Erin Bardon,4 Amy Morgan, 5 Farrin Wolohan, 6 Caoimhe Appelby, 17 Jodie Walsh, 8 Lucie Kindlon, 10 Paula De Cea Ibanez, 3 Ciara Lancaster 9 Lizzie Bourke , 11 Abby Healy ,

Subs Used :7 Ava O’ Brien ,  15 Micheala O’ Reilly

 

Lusk United:1 Nadine Kelly,2 Sophie Gibbons,3 Sorcha Cuevas,4 Luca Dudas, 5 Cliona Byrne, 7 Katie Sandford,8  Katie O’ Brien ,9  Lucy Sandford ,11 Anne Boardman,13  Emma Walsh,14  Aimee Cuevas

Subs Used: 15 Katie McBride, 16 Lynsay Cuevas