League

Dublin Arena
Spectators: 8001 (Terracing: 6002, Seating: 1840, VIP seats: 159) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Blayne McBjarton got the match started through his kick off. Harvey Kelly received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Bradigan Cassin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 6th minute, Irwin Doherty left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sabobage fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After 8 minutes, Artt Rutherford mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sabobage and the Dublin Athlétic™ players grew even worse after the yellow card. Artt Rutherford hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Harvey Kelly in the 18th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bradigan Cassin saved Dublin Athlétic™ from getting behind. Bradigan Cassin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Irwin Doherty in the 22nd minute of play. 25 minutes into the match, Dublin Athlétic™'s goal looked a bit too open when Harvey Kelly came free, but Bradigan Cassin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bradigan Cassin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Irwin Doherty in the 28th minute of the match. If Gerard Hughes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 33rd minute, Gerard Hughes managed to get in a good position for a shot. Dublin Athlétic™'s supporters rose to their feet, but Gerard Hughes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Toren Bayes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Blayne McBjarton had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 36th minute, Artt Rutherford hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gerard Hughes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bradigan Cassin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Irwin Doherty in the 42nd minute of play. Bradigan Cassin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Irwin Doherty in the 44th minute of the match. The Dublin Athlétic™ players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Sabobage were winning 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Harvey Kelly to strike the kick off in the second half. Gerard Hughes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Toren Bayes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Sabobage defense, Gerard Hughes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Toren Bayes. The Sabobage fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Toren Bayes should have stopped the shot. After 61 played minutes Sabobage got a freekick which was hit by Pearse Gallagher. 65 minutes into the game, Sabobage's Irwin Doherty nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bradigan Cassin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. A collision led to Dublin Athlétic™ getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Harrington McLaughlin hit a great ball. Dublin Athlétic™'s Bradigan Cassin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Harvey Kelly in the 79th minute of play. Donall Ferguson kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Tathan Dillon managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sabobage's supporters rose to their feet, but Tathan Dillon was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bradigan Cassin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 83 minutes into the match, Dublin Athlétic™'s goal looked a bit too open when Harvey Kelly came free, but Bradigan Cassin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Artt Rutherford was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 84 minutes had been played. Gerard Hughes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 93 minutes into the match, Sabobage's goal looked a bit too open when Blayne McBjarton came free, but Toren Bayes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 94 minutes, Irwin Doherty managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sabobage's supporters crossed their fingers, but Irwin Doherty was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Irwin Doherty came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the Sabobage fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Irwin Doherty couldn't finish the play. Sabobage's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.