Mungret St. Pauls 2-10 Ballysteen 3-10

This as the second time our players traveled to Ballysteen to play the match, the first time the game was not played on Saturday 31 August 2019. This was Mungret St. Pauls last game in the group and they needed the win but the game that played out was dictated by penalties.

Mungret St. Pauls took an early lead but were put to the test early also, with only one point on the scoreboard, Ballysteen were awarded a penalty which was cleared to the end line, the resulting 45 did not deliver a score. Mungret St. Pauls went themselves for a goal but this also was cleared to a 45 but this one was pointed. A further 2 points from play were added to Mungret St. Pauls and by the tenth minute Ballysteen pointed their first ball from a free. Mungret St. Pauls were back on the attack as the ball was sent strong toward to the right of the goal looking like it was going to be overshot before a quick thinking forward pounced and punched the ball into the back of the net to bring the lead to 6 points. The last quarter of the half saw each side equal each others points with the half time score 1-8 to 0-5 to Mungret St. Pauls retaining their 6 point lead.

Ballysteen were first out of the blocks in the restart pointing from play, Mungret St. Pauls took on the Ballysteen goalie again but the goalie got his hands to the ball first. Ballysteen went on to score another point from a free before they were given another goal chance with their second penalty but the quick hands of the Mungret St. Pauls goalie saved it out to play and back to a point. On the eight minute of the half, Ballysteen ran the ball up the side crossed the goal and into the net to level the game and holing Mungret St. Pauls scoreless in the second half. This run of scores for Ballysteen were aided by their third penalty, this time third time lucky they netted the ball. Mungret St. Pauls regained their composure and with a free kick pointed followed with a great handpass, only one point separated the teams. It was then Mungret St. Pauls chance when they were given their only penalty of the game but this was taken with great force and straight past the Ballysteen goalie. It was not long though before Ballysteen came back to level the game again and just into the final quarter of the game Ballysteen struck again and scored their third goal. Both sides went on to struggle to score with multiple wides. Ballysteen ended the game with 2 points from frees. Mungret St. Pauls now have to wait for the rest of the teams to finish their final games off before they know where they sit in the group.

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