ForzaForth
06/03/2020, 10:36 PM
Wexford will probably be happy with the point as they battled hard to keep Galway at bay in Ferrycarrig tonight. Wexford made two changes from the previous week with Conor English and Craig Giles coming in and started with Murphy, Tobin, Carroll, Cleary, Giles, Manahan, Crowley, Kavanagh, Smith, Simon and English. Remarkably, the word around Ferrycarrig was that Galway had made nine changes from the previous week. Good conditions for football for a change and Galway took advantage as they began the match like a train. Taking the tip-off, Galway took about five or six passes to get the ball in the Wexford net, but it was ruled out for handball given by the assistant referee. Galway continued to press hard with Wexford unable to get the ball out of their own half and on eleven minutes a good Galway move ended up with a miscue in front of the Wexford goal resulting in an easy save for Murphy. On 16 minutes, Galway’s O’Halloran had a volley from an acute angle which flashed well beyond the opposite post. Galway’s Curran then picked up a yellow for a tackle from a fussy referee. Wexford’s Paul Cleary got in a last-ditch tackle to prevent a Galway run-in on the Wexford goal. Wexford’s first decent chance came on 24 minutes when Crowley had a free header but couldn’t keep it on target. Galway were, however, being very direct and Wexford began to get more into the game as the half progressed and reduced the pressure that the away side were putting on the home side’s goal. 0-0 at half-time.