St Anthony’s 5
Wicklow Rovers 1
Eoin Horkan
Finn Park
A clinical last twenty minutes proved crucial as the home side made through to the next round of the Wicklow Cup On Sunday afternoon.
In a frenetic start to this cup game both sides could have taken the lead inside the first ten minutes. It was the visitors that created the first chance when Evan Conyard’s effort deflected over the bar.After this early scare the Kilcoole side through Jamie Murray had a strike on goal saved. Moments later Cian Davis broke away down the wing, his effort narrowly missed the far post.
Both sides were creating chances at will as Conyard unleashed a volley that was well kept out. Just before the twenty minute mark Robbie Means' effort from the edge of the box flew over the crossbar.
With the heat the ref was about to call a water break but Davis had different ideas as Blake Ryan’s slide rule ball fell to him and he learned from his previous effort as he drove the ball into the far corner to give his side the lead.
After the first break in play the next fifteen minutes belonged to Rovers as they controlled the game led by Nathan Sullivan and Tomas Kennedy in the middle of the park. Captain Alex Sinnott had a glorious chance from a corner but it was expertly blocked.
The next two chances for the away side Lorcan Sinnott who was causing trouble out wide but unfortunately for Wicklow he couldn't get the breakthrough.The final chance of this purple patch fell to striker Robbie Means whose header from point blank range went over the bar.
Just as it looked like the half would finish with the scoreline. The home side broke away, a Jamie Murray cross found David Lacey who tapped into the net.
On the half time whistle Rovers got the goal their play deserved when a one-two between Means and Sullivan found the midfielder whose controlled lobbed finish found the far corner.
An early free kick in the second half from Chris Muies was well kept out by Jesus Rodrigo in the opponents goal. The next twenty minutes of this cup tie saw both sides making a number of changes. The Anto’s subs started to gain a foothold early on with Louis Thomas curbing the influence of Sinnott on the wing. With a quarter of the half gone Sinnott went down injured and had to be replaced by player/manager Trevor Conyard who at time controlled the ball Pirlo esque in the middle of the park.
The home side's bench did make more of an impact as they had more players to bring on.
In the final twenty minutes they managed to take complete control of this tie.
This time Davis turned provider as his pinpoint cross found the chest of David Lacey to extend his side's advantage.
As the opponents pushed forward looking to get back into the game it was Anto’s who were more clinical on the break. Their fourth goal was a fine team move as Kevin O’Connor’s pass found Michael Gray to put the ball into the roof of the net.
With the game over as a contest the fifth goal of the game came with seven minutes to go when Lacey found Blake to put the ball under Neville to send his side into the next round.
St Anthony’s:Jesus Rodrigo Verdu,Emmet Kenna,Mike Counihan,Graham McCormack,Blake Ryan,Matt Kennedy,Callum Jones,Cian Davis,David Lacey,Kevin O’Connor,Jamie Murray Snr.
Subs Used:Louis Thomas for Mike Counihan,Peter Bourke for Graham McCormack,Michael Gray for Emmet Kenna, Lorcan Kenna for Blake Ryan.
Wicklow Rovers:Jack Neville,Ben Doyle,Chris Muies,David Butler,David McGann,Alex Sinnott,Nathan Sullivan,Thomas Kennedy,Evan Conyard,Lorcan Sinnott,Robbie Means.
Subs Used:Mark Whelan for Ben Doyle,Trevor Conyard for Lorcan Sinnott.
Referee Dominique Lachaussee
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