Victory over St Maelruans

Castleknock burst into action today from the kick off in Porterstown today. Early attacks from Omar, Gavan and John left the visiting side feeling that today was not going to be their day.
It was Kevin who opened the scoring when he broke with the ball just outside the St Maelruans penalty area, beat the defenders and slotted the ball home to put Castleknock one goal up.

Castleknock kept the pressure on as Mohammed and Robert were winning lots of the ball in midfield and passing it through to the danger area, Gavin took possession in the St Maelruans penalty area and was almost certain to score when he was brutally taken down in the box. The referee pointed to the spot for a penalty which John converted to make it 2-0 to Castleknock.


St Maelruans made a few breaks in the first half but were unable to get past a tight central defence as Dylan and captain for the day Cormac cleared all danger from the Castleknock half.
Zuhdi was on top form in goal and managed to keep a clean sheet on the day.

Late in the first half Castleknock could have made it 3-0 but Omar's strike was disallowed as John had been caught by the offside trap. Kevin also had a great scoring chance but collided with the goalkeeper and had to be taken off injured, making way for Sam to join the game.

The second half started with at the same exciting pace with plenty of attacking runs from Sam and Mustafa providing some great crosses and passes to the forwards. Sam came close to scoring as he had beat the keeper but saw his effort cleared off the St Maelruan's line.
Frank and Andy were also able to turn some defensive moves in to excellent attacking and scoring chances.

Robert made way for Shane in the second half and it only took minutes for Shane to put Castleknock 3-0 up with a great strike.
Cathal and Donagh joined the game and brought some new energy to the game and kept the pressure on St Maelruans.
There were late chances from David, Sam and Andy but the game ended 3-0 and the Castleknock supporters were kept very entertained throughout.

Picking a man of the match today was very difficult as there were a number of great performances from all members of the team, but this weeks it goes to Sam for working very hard on the left side and creating a lot of scoring chances.

Well done everyone!