![]() ![]() The area and Brian Murphy looked to have punched it clear.Īs the game paused, referee Graham Kelly spotted something and the goalkeeper saw red. From this, the ball bobbed around inside of Succession of half-chances and then a corner. Ollie Horgan roared and Harps players stormed into the Waterford half, which forced a He dragged the ball into the box and McGinley tried to collect but instead he spilled it back to the forward who fired into an empty net. The new look attack created space for Waterford to break and Ferguson spotted this with a fantastic ball over the top which landed at the feet of Quitirna. ![]() The first saw a free header from Dave Webster saved and then a chipped ball from Shane McEleney found Owolabi inside the area, but he wasn’t in a threatening position to shoot. This led to two excellent chances for the visitor. Harps dwelled on this promising start and midway through the half they began to commit men forward. Just as he entered the Blues box, Shane Griffin lunged with a perfectly timedĬhallenge, which put the ball out for a throw in. The break produced a refreshed Owolabi who charged the full length of pitch from the Niall O’Keeffe recovered and played a succession of passes, which played the ball to Shane Griffin, who shot wide. Waterford won it back and Niall O’Keeffe had a shot blocked by Kosovar Sadiki. Quitirna lead the break and the ball was taken from his feet by Mark Coyle. The Blues tried to break after the flurry of corners. They created a few half chances from corners, with Eddie Nolan and Patterson heading two of these away. He fired first time and the ball trickled into the bottom right of goal, giving Waterford an early lead.įinn Harps stayed in their regimental defensive shape and were selective with getting forward. Gerard Doherty’s years of experience came in handy year for Harps, and he saved well.Ī throw-in gave Waterford their next opening, and this was a flicked on header from Evan Ferguson which went wide.Ī chance created from out-wide led to a cleared ball finding the feet of Patterson, who was unmarked outside the box. He set up Patterson, who cut inside and shot at goal. Their first chance was created from an excellent pass from Anthony Wordsworth. In addition to this, he had his team use long-throws into the box in order to cause chaos amongst the green wall.Īfter an early chance through Owolabi – which was well saved by Brian Murphy – the Blues settled into this plan and they began to command the game. Marc Bircham had his team pass the ball and play with possession in the centre, before moving the ball out wide. Waterford rallied to overcome a surge from Finn Harps to win 4-1 with 10 men at the RSC on Friday evening.Īfter Phoenix Patterson and Junior Quitirna gave the Blues a 2-0 lead, Harps were back in the game after goalkeeper Brian Murphy was sent off and Tunde Owolabi score from the penalty spot.īut, two breakaway goals from Quitirna and John Martin in injury gave Waterford the three points following a helter skelter game in the south-east.Īll things considered, the was a brilliant performance by Waterford, who went in with a clear plan to break down Finn Harp’s low block in front of goal. ![]()
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