Ireland vs Germany Match 6

 

Ireland 11

Germany 3

UL Sports Fields

Eoin Horkan

 

At three o clock yesterday evening Irelands u21 lacrosse team came up against  Germany for the second time in this competition. With the home crowds getting larger and larger the Irish team managed to produce another good team performance  beating the Germans by eight goals .

The Germans managed to win the first face off of the game. They went on to control the ball for the opening three minutes of the game, but Irelands defence held out strong. Ireland  then managed to break away on the counterattack. This led to Conor Foley feeding the ball to Kevin Somerville to give the Irish side a lead against the run of play. The Germans were still piling on the pressure and eventually managed to level the tie with ten minutes to go in the opening quarter. Ireland started to control the play after the levelling goal. With five minutes left in the quarter Sean Horkan assisted Kevin Somerville to give his side a one goal lead at the first break.

The second quarter was a much more one sided affair as the Irish team started to control the game. They extended their lead when that man Foley assisting  Aidan Dempsey to open his account for the day. With three minutes left in the quarter and Ireland in complete control Foley finally netted for his side after a solo run through the German rear-guard. The last goal of the half came from Dempsey again as him and Foley were causing all sorts of trouble when they got near the German goal. This left four goals between the sides at the break.

After the break it was more of the same from Ireland .This was until the Germans manged to sneak in for their second goal of the game. Ireland netted twice more in the quarter with Foley firing in after another solo run. It was Somerville who completed his hat trick with two minutes left in the quarter . Giving his side a five goal advantage going into the final quarter.

The final quarter of this tie was much the same from the Irish team as their defence held out only letting in one final consolation goal. On the other side of the pitch the attack manged to add for more to the scoreboard . Jack Doherty fired in another long range effort, before Somerville added two more to his tally for the day. The final goal of the game was from Dempsey with six minutes left before the final whistle.

With the game over as a contest Tom Prior and the coaching staff emptied the bench this led to Conor Breen making an appearance in goal . Within minutes he had made two great saves  for his side as they won out comfortable winners in the end.

Ireland play Japan at three thirty today as they hope to gain the highest seeding possible from this tournament.

Ireland: Conor Breen; Matthew Brennan, Ben Collins , Gavin Conlan; Finn Daly. Aidan Dempsey, Jack Doherty, Conor Foley, Jack Galvin ,Joseph Gehle, Sean Horkan, Liam Horkan, Ridley Horton, Aedan Kearns, Fionn Kinsella , Matt Loftus, Sean Loftus, Patrick McKee, Brady Morin, Kevin Somerville, Michael Songer, Jack Songer, Joe  Walsh, Ronan Walsh.