Castleknock Celtic under 9 soccer team

There was a strong gale blowing when we arrived for the game against Ratoath Harps. We were playing into the wind in the first half, so it was no surprise when we went a goal down. In fact if it was not for some great defending by Cathal, Frank, Andy and Dylan and a few great saves from Nado we probably would have gone a few more goals behind. In a rare attack into the wind, Zhudi managed to slip the ball into the net to level the score at 1-1 going into the break.

The second half was started before Omar arrived. He ran from the car park to the pitch and joined the match straight away. A few seconds later the ball came to him and he dribbled around the defender and coolly scored a goal to put us into a 2-1 lead about eight seconds after he came onto the pitch.

From that point onwards Castleknock used the advantage of the wind to dominate the game. Omar scored another goal and his brother Zhudi scored 2 more goals to complete his hat-trick and earn him the man-of-the-match award.

We were 5-1 up as the match neared an end and Nado decided to give cheek to the referee. This resulted in a Ratoath penalty which they scored with the last kick of the game to leave the score at 5-2.

Well done team !!!

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