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Knockanare
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Beairtle Gollogley started the match with the kick off. After 4 minutes of play, RAKOWIAK SALLINS's Rorke Crowe made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Comhghall Mullan was left in no man's land by his defense there! 9 minutes into the match, RAKOWIAK SALLINS's goalkeeper Artem Bobrzhitskiy had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Becc McAaron. Rorke Crowe sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Donncha Dalton sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ryon McJohn struck a weak shot in the 16th minute. Comhghall Mullan didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for RAKOWIAK SALLINS. After some fancy dribbling in the 18th minute, Begg Gollogley managed to get in a good position for a shot. RAKOWIAK SALLINS's supporters rose to their feet, but Begg Gollogley was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Comhghall Mullan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 20 minutes of play, RAKOWIAK SALLINS's Donncha Dalton made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Comhghall Mullan was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 26th minute, Rorke Crowe left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The RAKOWIAK SALLINS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Comhghall Mullan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ryon McJohn in the 29th minute of play. Artem Bobrzhitskiy made an important save on a dangerous shot by Becc McAaron in the 30th minute. If Begg Gollogley had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 35th minute Beairtle Gollogley shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Artem Bobrzhitskiy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Artem Bobrzhitskiy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Beairtle Gollogley, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Begg Gollogley sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rorke Crowe to make the kick off. The corner led to RAKOWIAK SALLINS's Lewy Cooney getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Beairtle Gollogley fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Artem Bobrzhitskiy having to interfere. 59 minutes into the match, Knockanare's goalkeeper Comhghall Mullan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rorke Crowe. The crowd rose to their feet as Rorke Crowe kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Comhghall Mullan. That made the score 0-4 in the 59 minute of play. Rorke Crowe sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Knockanare's defense didn't have a chance, in the 65th minute, when Begg Gollogley scored to the left of an out of position Comhghall Mullan, making the score, 0-5. In the 68th minute Becc McAaron shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Artem Bobrzhitskiy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Ryon McJohn came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the RAKOWIAK SALLINS 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 Ryon McJohn couldn't finish the play. If Ryon McJohn had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 77th minute, Begg Gollogley got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 79 played minutes, Knockanare's Tevin Hutton shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Artem Bobrzhitskiy came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Knockanare reached it. If Begg Gollogley had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Brenan Benson kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Begg Gollogley sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the Knockanare defense, Ryon McJohn kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Comhghall Mullan. The Knockanare fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Comhghall Mullan should have stopped the shot. Artem Bobrzhitskiy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Becc McAaron in the 93rd minute of play. RAKOWIAK SALLINS's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.