Closely contested derby match and much more effective performance from the Youths in Ferrycarrig tonight even though they came away with nothing. Youths started with Graham, Craig C., Gary, Lee, Conor, Drukie, Jonny, Eric, Craig W., and with Rocks and Danny up front. Wexford started the better and played in a much more direct fashion than in the previous matches against Cabinteely and UCC and it paid early dividends. After six minutes, Wexford won a corner which a Blues defender headed back towards his own goal. This dropped to Danny who just managed to reach it and steer home for 1-0 to the Youths. On 15 minutes, the Blues got their first shot away but Graham got down to save it comfortably.With 24 minutes gone, Gary Delaney received a yellow when he pulled back a Blues attacker going through. As there wasn't much cover behind him, it could have been a red. The resulting free-kick from outside the box was hit about a foot over the bar. Yellow cards followed regularly from then on for both sides but fortunately nobody picked up a second yellow. Wexford really lost the game due to a failure to deal with set-pieces and the equaliser for Waterford came on 28 minutes when a long free-kick came into the penalty area and as Graham came to punch, he was beaten to it by Dineen who headed into the empty net for 1-1. Gary Delaney then had a header just wide for the Youths while Waterford then nearly scored their second when Wexford gave the ball away badly in their own half and a low cross into the Youth's penalty area was missed by both the final Youths defender and the incoming Blues forward. 1-1 at half-time after an even first period.
