Millstreet Celtic beat Leeview 5-4 at home this morning. We took an early lead through Tadhg Collins after he outmuscled a defender and finished well. We kept the pressure on and were awarded a penalty in the 20th min when Barry Lawlor was tripped in the box after a good run. Tim Kiely slotted home the penalty to make it 2-0. 10 mins later it was 3-0. Eamon O Keeffe played a ball over the top for Collins to run on to and he made no mistake for his 2nd of the day. Collins grabbed his hat trick 5 mins before half time with a neat finish after being sent through by Finbarr Corcoran. 4-0 up at the start of the 2nd half but we didn’t keep up the pressure as we had wanted to. Leeview got one back after 55 mins and made it 4-2 after 65 following some poor defending. We scored again 5 mins later though when Chris Cleary’s overhead kick found the net from Kiely’s through ball. Still we weere sloppy all over the field and conceded again in the 80th and 89th mins to set up a nervy 5 mins of injury time. We held on for the 3 points though despite a poor 2nd half. Best for us on the day were Tadhg Collins, Finbarr Corcoran and Barry Lawlor.
Team: Piotr Oziat, Finbarr Corcoran, Eamon O Keeffe, Trevor O Connor, Mick Collins, Tim Kiely, Barry Lawlor, Chris Cleary, Michael Murphy, Tadhg Collins, Paul Dawson
Subs: John Cullinane (45th min), Jer Keating (75th min), Danny O Riordan
Still haven’t got out of the habit of making easy games into nailbiters, I see!!