League

Kindrohid
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Coolmannan's Dermod McCready started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Cian Cronin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Coolmannan's Rownun Murphy got control of the ball when Batt Rogers tried to sneak it across the goal line. Oliver Palmer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tierney McJon in the 11th minute of play. Oliver Palmer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dermod McCready in the 13th minute of the match. Oliver Palmer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dermod McCready, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Oliver Palmer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tierney McJon in the 18th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 22 minutes, Batt Rogers took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Rownun Murphy to make any attempt to save it. After having played for 25 minutes, Batt Rogers managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Kindrohid's supporters crossed their fingers, but Batt Rogers was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Lee McJohn hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. In the 33rd minute Brendanus MaCollin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oliver Palmer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Batt Rogers stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dermod McCready in the 52nd minute of play forced Kindrohid's goalkeeper Oliver Palmer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Oliver Palmer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dermod McCready, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Oliver Palmer made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tierney McJon in the 67th minute. 81 minutes into the match, Kindrohid's goal looked a bit too open when Donegal Caffey came free, but Oliver Palmer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Coolmannan booed when Kindrohid was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Toren Moran didn't get a good kick on the ball. With an all-out effort, Coolmannan's Oliver Palmer threw himself towards the right post 90 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Dermod McCready, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Coolmannan were awarded a corner in the 97th minute after Kindrohid's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Donegal Caffey took the corner. For all the effort they put into the match, the Coolmannan players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Kindrohid.