F.C. Carlow Vs Tralee Dynamos

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F.C. CARLOW 1 TRALEE DYNAMOS 1

Tralee Dynamos & F.C. Carlow shared the spoils in a pulsating battle in Ballon. F.C. Carlow had the first chance in ernest after 4 minutes when the assistant referee alerted the referee to a goalkeeping infringement outside the box. Neale Phelan struck the shot goal wards only to be bravely blocked by David Conway in the Dynamos wall.

F.C. Carlow applied all the early pressure and should have been rewarded in the 6^th minute with Andrew Hickey in possession of the ball inside the Dynamos box with his team mates in excellent positions screaming for the pass he turned selfishly towards goal only to have his goal bound effort easily blocked by Adrian Quirke. 3 minutes later with Dynamos ready to take a quick free kick Andrew Hickey stopped the ball from travelling was yellow carded for his efforts. One of the many cautions in a game that both side applied themselves fairly throughout.

Dynamos first effort came from a James Sugrue corner that went towards the back post and met with the header of Chris Kerins who directed his header across goal for Maurice O’Rahilly effort just wide on 13 minutes. 2 minutes later came the best chance of the match thus far when Sugrue intercepted a cross field pass, playing Chris Kerins in on goal with his first touch his controlled the ball and with the keeper advancing in a 1v1 situation his shot went wide of the post when clearly by his own standard Chris should have done better.

That man again Grzegorz Sykula scored the opening goal for the second time in our two meetings so far this season for F.C. Carlow. Right back Alan Wrenn got possession down the wing under no pressure his crossed the ball to Neale Phelan who setup Grzegorz Sykula who was clinical with his side foot effort from 10 yards giving Dynamos keeper Derek O’Shea no chance with his effort.

Dynamos had 2 efforts from James Sugrue in the 30^th & 38^th minute to no avail. Goalkeeper Derek O’Shea made the save of the match in the 40^th minute when Grzegorz Sykula pass in behind the defense and with Craig Hore running onto the ball striking first time from 12 yards the outstretched hand of O’Shea deflected the ball out for a corner much to the relief of the Dynamos bench.

In the 48^th minute of the first half Eoin Cassidy replaced the injured Jonathon Burrows. Minute later Dynamos had a chance to equalize before the halftime whistle when Sugrue setup Uros Ivkovic whose effort from inside the Carlow box went over the bar. That completed the first half with Dynamos regretting 2 excellent chances but at the same time thankful for the goalkeeping of O’Shea.

Whatever happened in the Dynamos dressing room at half time had the desired effect as they completely outplayed their hosts in the second half. James Sugrue put through Kerins in the 46^th minute only to be denied by a last ditch Adam Byrne tackle. In the 54^th minute a sweeping Dynamos move involving Ivkovic, Sugrue who got the ball to Chris Kerins inside the box and with both players in support Kerins back heeled effort was deflected out for a corner.

At this stage of the game with Dynamos well on top David Conway in the middle of the park controlled matters spraying diagonal passes left & right linking up with his team mates as Dynamos continued to apply the pressure in pursuit of an equalizer. One of his passes found Aaron Houlihan whose shot on goal was saved by Gavin Dowling in the Carlow goal.

Dynamos had another glorious chance in the 71^st minute when centre back Eoin Cassidy created a few yards space and his long ball pass to Duggan who breached the high line by Carlow crossing for the inrushing Sugrue who shot over the bar with only the keeper to beat. Paul Russell replaced Uros Ivokic in the 72^nd minute for his League of Ireland debut.

The breakthrough for Dynamos finally came in the 85^th minute when a throw in was awarded to Dynamos and for a split second F.C. Carlow switched off allowing Duggan to steal a yard getting in behind the defense to cross to Eoin Cassidy who had moved to centre forward to slot home and give the Tralee side a valuable point.

F.C. Carlow: Gavin Dowling, Alan Wrenn, James Dermody, Adam Byrne, David Walker, Neale Phealan, Andrew Hickey, Lee Murphy, Grzegorz Sykula, Craig Hore. Subs: Shane Clarke for Andrew Hickey, Thomas Brennan for Grzegorz Sykula, Fran Hore for Craig Hore.

Dynamos: Derek O’Shea, Adrian Quirke, Jonathon Burrows, Maurice O’Rahilly, Kevin McCarthy, Aaron Houlihan, Dave Conway, James Sugrue, Uros Ivkovic, Theo Diggins, Chris Kerins. Subs: Eoin Cassidy for Jonathon Burrows, Eddie Duggan for Aaron Houlihan, Paul Russell for Uros Ivkovic. Subs not used: Scott Monaghan, Brian Murphy, Jamie Barry, Robert Birdsall.

Front LtoR:Aaron Houlihan, Jonathon Burrows, Adrian Quirke, James Sugrue, Chris Kerins.
Back LtoR: Uros Ivkovic, David Conway, Kevin McCarthy, Maurice O'Rahilly, Derek O'Shea, Theo Diggins.