CSL: Douglas Hall U16s kill Innishvilla's spirit with four late goals
Innishvilla's Seanie Crowe and Douglas Hall's Ben Heas tussle over a loose ball during the CSL U16 Premier Division match in Moneygourney. Picture: Howard Crowdy
Two minutes later the visitors had another chance only for Mark Long’s header to go inches wide of the post as both teams had a period of dominance.
Chances came to both teams in the first half, with Douglas Hall’s Brian Linehan, Ronan Twomey and Ben Heas coming close while Innishvilla’s Oisin McCarthy had two good chances in the closing stages of the half which were well covered by the Douglas Hall keeper as the teams went in at the break scoreless.
The second half was a complete reversal from the first 40 minutes with six goals in 25 minutes.
Douglas Hall dominated the early stages of the second half, but found themselves 1-0 down in the 55th minute when Innishavillas Oisin McCarthy met a long ball from the keeper and scored from just inside the area to give the visitors a surprise lead.
Their joy did not last long as within three minutes Douglas Hall equalised thanks to Charley O’Shea’s 25 yard effort which sailed into the top left hand corner of the Innishvilla net.
Douglas Hall almost doubled their score moments later only for Innishvilla keeper Liam Dineen to make a point blank save right in front of Charlie O’Shea.
Douglas Hall took the lead for the first time in the match in the 66th minute when Ronan O’Shea met Andrew Murray’s pass from the left and tapped in from 12 yards.
This was the beginning of the floodgates being opened as Douglas Hall added a third three minutes later when Murray met Rona O’Shea’s cross, and by the 71st minute O’Shea flicked the ball into the net from Sean’s cross as the points were on their way to Douglas Hall.
