Spartak 1 Orwell 1 .<\/p>\n
Spartak\u2019s late awakening in this game came too late to garner all three points.\u00a0 Orwell proved doughty opponents and passed the ball better for much of the game, and unexpectedly took the lead on 68 minutes when Grace and Kenny allowed the oppponent time and space to crack a 25 yard shot past Peter O\u2019Toole.<\/p>\n
Spartak did not risk Graham Breen (hamstring) and were also without Anto Doyle (temporarily housebound).\u00a0 It was clear that\u00a0a number of players had rested on their laurels over the holiday period and had eschewed training in favour of other pursuits. It was a policy which did not pay off in this game, where very few players displayed good form.<\/p>\n
A bright start by Spartak\u00a0soon fizzled out Glen Burke and Gintaras Cibirka up front were at times isolated and also\u00a0at times chose to take on defenders when outnumbered.\u00a0Stuart Love and Stephen Grier headed wide from a free and corner respectively and and Neil McGowan \u2018s shot on the follow up was deflected over the bar after Tom Kowal\u2019s header was saved.<\/p>\n
Early in the second half Fintan Grace put an effort from Neil\u2019s corner wide from close in.<\/p>\n
Orwell\u2019s goal stung Spartak into belated action and at last chances were created. Cibirka\u2019s block from the keepers attempted clearance struck the woodork and seemed to cross the line before being cleared.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On 77 minutes the visiting keeper fumbled a cross and when Will O\u2019Connell\u2019s effort came back off the bar McGowan forced the ball in from close range.<\/p>\n
Alex Kenny\u2019s fine pass put Cibirka through in a one on one situation, but the keeper got a hand to the effort at the expense of a corner.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The final act in the 90th minute came as Cibirka volleyed a ball home, but the referee adjudged that McGowan was offside and in the keeper\u2019s line of vision and disallowed the score.\u00a0 The final whistle followed seconds later.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Form report<\/p>\n
Peter O\u2019Toole 6 Fintan Grace 5 Robert Mahon 5 Steve Grier 5\u00a0 Alex Kenny 6 Stuart Love 5 Neil McGowan 7 Gintaras Cibirka 6 Glen Burke 5 Tom Kowal 5 Will O\u00a0Connell 6<\/p>\n
Subs Graham McEnroe 6 Tom Flanagan 6 Dan O Connell 6 Kevin O\u00a0Toole Graham Breen. Dave Browne no show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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