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Park Celtic Summerhill 1 ⚽️

Last Sunday, we welcomed Park Celtic to Higginstown for the semi final of the youths major shield .

The game off at a very high tempo with both teams passing the ball well round midfield.

As the developed Raharney started to control the game with our midfield of Shayne Rauri and Steven combining well with Ryan and Nathan out wide to create chances for Kon upfront. And it was Kon who had the first chance of the day but his volley caught the top of the cross bar .

Raharney got the break through when Kon got on the end of Stevens ball over the top to finish well and give Raharney a deserved lead .

Raharney doubled their lead when Steven got on the end of a deep free kick to head the ball back across the box where Alfie was on hand to head the ball home.

Summerhill bounced back and pushed hard to get one back but Jack pulled off some good saves to keep it at 2 0 at half time.

The second half started off with Summerhill on top but Raharneys defence of Dylan Aaron Kyle and Thomas stood firm . Evan came on the second half and when he broke down the wing and into the box the Summerhill defender pulled him down and the ref pointed to the spot. Shayne stepped forward to take the penalty and after some slight alterations between the lads he made no mistake to make it 3-0.

Summerhill kept coming forward and got a goal back with 10 minutes to go and this spurred them on but Raharney held on to get the win and set up a cup final in a couple of weeks time.

It was a real squad performance with Evan Dylan Daniel Jamie and Billy coming off the bench to keep the team fresh against a strong physical Summerhill team. 

Thanks so much to Summerhill for a competitive match!

Man of the Match went to Thomas Byrne who again was excellent at right back well done Thomas! 🔥

Next up, the Final! 🔵⚪️