Reigning champions
and red hot favourites Glen pounced with three killer goals in a two minute
spell midway through the first half to stop Magheracloone’s hopes of an upset before
it ever got off the ground.
The Derry champions were wasteful early on, rushing their shots and
taking the wrong option before Magheracloone notched the first score of the
game from wing back James Lambe.
The Farney men failed to convert their early possession into scoring
chances as Glen repelled them with Connor Carville and man of the match Cathal
Mulholland reading the danger signs.
Glen’s achilles heel in the first ten minutes was the failure to make
their breakaways count on the scoreboard.
Glen manager Enda Gormley wasn’t overly concerned. “We created
opportunities and that’s the big thing. I was confident enough the scores would
come and to be fair we kept going and we got the three goals.”
Before the first goal
came, Magheracloone goalkeeper Jack Kirk made a terrific diving save to deny
Paul Gunning. This was the warning of
what was to follow.
Conor Glass crashed to the net after powering
through the Magheracloone defence and latching onto the end off a Conall
Darragh pass.
From the resultant
kickout Darragh was once again involved, this time playing Ciaran McFaul in on
goal and the Derry senior player finished brilliantly to the corner of the net.
It got even better
for Glen, Danny Tallon won a breaking ball in the middle and set the Derry men
on the rampage again, Conor Glass squaring the ball for Tiarnan Flanigan to
fist to the net.
The Monaghan response
came instantly with the pacy Paudie McMahon hitting the net after approach play
from Paudie and David Kirk.
Glen led at half time
3-2 to 1-4 but had the luxury of an extra man when David Kirk was dismissed for
a second yellow card.
The message in the
Glen dressing room at the break was about improvement. “We said at half time it was nil nil and we’d
go out and win the second half. It was
all about the performance,” said wing back Cathal Mulholland.
The Watty’s certainly
hit the ground running early in the second half with Ciaran McFaul registering
a point after a mere twenty six seconds.
This was followed by
one of the scores of the game, a long delivery from the sideline by Stevie
O’Hara was won by impressive ball winner Paul Gunning, his quick lay off saw Jack
Doherty score a point.
Alan McCaghey got
Magheracloone’s last score of the game from a sxith minute free and from them
on it was all one way traffic.
Most of Glen’s
attacking threat was dictated by the power and pace of duo Conor Glass and
Ciaran McFaul. Conor Convery was on the
end of three of those moves to keep Glen motoring along nicely.
Convery then turned
provider as Conor Glass palmed home Glen’s fourth goal, with Paul Gunning again
proving to be the go to man winning another ball played into the Glen attack.
With time almost up Tiernan
Flanigan rounded off the scoring with his second and Glen’s fifth goal of the
game, setting up a final meeting with St John’s next Sunday.
Glen manager Enda
Gormley as happy with the result but it was already looking ahead. “We only got the five scores in the first
half so there is plenty to work on ahead of next Sunday.”
Glen Scorers: Tiarnan Flanagan (2-0), Conor Glass (2-1), Ciaran McFaul (1-1), Conor
Convery (0-4, one free), Jack Doherty (0-1), Paul Gunning (0-1), Stevie O’Hara
(0-1 free), Danny Tallon (0-1).
Magheracloone
Scorers: Paudie McMahon (1-0), Alan McCaghey (0-3 frees), James
Lambe (0-1) and Michael Metzger (0-1).
Glen: Callum Mullan-Young, Conor Gallagher, Conor
McDevitt, Oisin Hegarty, Ryan McDonnell, Connor Carville, Cathal Mulholland,
Conor Glass, Ciaran McFaul, Tiarnan Flanagan, Conall Darragh, Cahair McCabe,
Conor Convery, Danny Tallon, Paul Gunning.
Subs: Jack Doherty for Conall Darragh (25mins), Stevie O’Hara for Conor
Gallagher (HT), Tommy Mullan for Cahir McCabe (39mins), Ciaran McCloy for
Callum Mullan-Young (54mins), Declan McCusker for Ryan McDonnell (54mins),
Cathal Gallagher for Cathal Mulholland (59mins).
Magheracloone: Jack Kirk, James Carolan, Paul McArdle, Cian Freeman, Alan Kieran, Killian
Rudden, James Lambe, Daniel Hand, Michael Metzger, David Kirk, Jonathan
Coleman, Paudie McMahon, Sean Marron, Paudie Kirk, Alan McCaghey.
Subs: Sean Finnegan for James Carolan (16mins), Ronan Burns for Jonathan Coleman (50mins), Peter Finnegan for Paudie Kirk (53mins), Donnacha Kindlon for Michael Metzger (58mins),
Referee: Sean Laverty (Moneyglass)
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