Munster Junior Cup Last 32

Shannon Town A 2

Corkbeg AFC 1

Kai Khetan ⚽️

Kieran Hackett ⚽️

Corkbeg AFC were the opponents for Shannon Town in Lynch Park on Sunday 15th in the Munster junior Cup. The home side started sluggish in tough sticky conditions with Corkbeg knocking the ball around early on and managed to force a couple of very good saves from Eoghan Casey in the Town goal. With 25 minutes gone in the half the home side started to take control of possession working the back line of Corkbeg into last ditch tackles and blocks. The home side eventually opened the scoring when an excellent through ball from winger Charlie Morrison played Kai Khetan in on goal he sprinted past the center half and fired into the bottom corner to make it 1-0. 10 minutes later another excellent passage of play on the edge of the box saw Khetan find the net again with another great finish only to see the ref rule the goal offside, the home support not happy at all with the decision.

The 2nd half started and the rain making the conditions even worse made for battles all over the pitch, great play on both wings from Brian Monaghan and Charlie Morrison saw the Cork side really feel it on the legs. On the 70th minute mark the home side doubled the scoring when Charlie Morrison picked up a ball in his own half he burst down the line leaving 3 defenders in his wake he made it to the end line and with an excellent cross into the box saw Kieran Hackett blast into the net to make it 2-0. The Cork side fought back and were rewarded for their pressure when a corner kick was headed home by the Corkbeg striker to make it 2-1 with 8 or 9 minutes to play, the Cork side should have scored again in the final minutes when a cross into the box was not dealt with by the Town men only to see the cork forward slice his effort away from the Town goal. The home side shut up shop in the final minutes and saw out the massive win, the team and management delighted with the win and to progress to the last 16 of the competition.

Line up:

Eoghan Casey,

Stephen Carroll, Takudzwa Nyakujara, Liam Boland , Cody Waller,

Colin Curran, Tj o Dywer, Brian Monaghan, Charlie Morrison,

Kieran Hackett, Kai Khetan

MOTM: Liam Boland