ForzaForth
10/03/2015, 9:27 PM
Very worrying performance from the Youths tonight as they showed no discernible shape or pattern and lost out to a spirited UCC side on a 2-1 scoreline. Youths made four changes from the team which started against Cabinteely with Seamus, Jimmy, Craig McCabe and Rocks starting and went with Seamus, Craig McC, Ryan, Lee, Jimmy, Drukie, Craig W., Peter, Craig C., and with Rocks and Conor up front. Youths started the brighter and Rocks hit the post with a header after five and then the rebound came back to him which he hit narrowly wide. After eight minutes, Conor English rounded the UCC keeper but his cross into the box from a tight angle was knocked away for a corner. However, UCC scored from their first attack when McLeod showed more pace than the Youth's defenders to reach a very long ball out of the UCC defence and he tapped it past Seamus Houghton in the Youth's goal for 1-0 to the away side. UCC nearly repeated the same goal only two minutes later, but this time Seamus just managed to grab the long ball first and got a kick in his head for his troubles. With 24 minutes gone, Youths gave the ball away badly in their own half and the UCC centre-forward squared the ball unselfishly to give McLeod an easy tap-in for 2-0 to UCC. Tackles were going in at this stage and both sides picked up a yellow card apiece before UCC had the ball in the net again from a shot which found a UCC attacker in the box. However, he couldn't believe that he was then flagged offside to leave the game at 2-0 to UCC at half-time.