BRNESC PLUCKED DEFEAT FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY GOING DOWN 3 2 AFTER CONCEDING 2 GOALS IN THE LAST 6 MINUTES IN A MATCH THAT THEY HAD BEEN THE BETTER TEAM FOR MOST OF THE GAME.
BRNESC STARTED THE BETTER ON A SMALL HEAVY PITCH AND IN THE FIRST MINUTE DAVID WHITNEY BURST DOWN THE RIGHT BIT HIS CROSS WAS TAKEN BY THE KEEPER BEFORE ANY FORWARD COULD REACH IT.2 MINS LATER THEIR WAS CONFUSION IN THE WATERLOO BOX AND RITCHIE CAMPBELL ATTEMPTED CHIP WAS CHARGED DOWN AND THE GRASPED BY THE GRATEFUL KEEPER.PAUL FINNAN THEN CHASED A LONG BALL INTO THE BOX BUT THE ALERT KEEPER RACED OFF HIS LINE AND JUST BEAT HIM TO THE BALL.
A FINE MOVE INVOLVING DAVID WHITNEY,PAUL FINN AND CHRIS FAGAN ENDED WITH RITCHIE CAMPBELL MISHITTING HIS SHOT WIDE WITH THE GOAL AT HIS MERCY,ANOTHER BREAK DOWN THE RIGHT BY DAVID WHITNEYENDED WITH THE DEFENCE SCRAMBLING THE BALL AWAY FROM THE TOES OF RITCHIE CAMPBELL
PAUL FINNAN THEN FORCED THE KEEPER TO MAKE ANOTHER FINE SAVE AS BRNESC POURED FORWARD LOOKING FOR THE FIRST GOAL.IN THE FIRST 20 MINS MATTY NAGLE HAD HARDLY TOUCHED THE BALLAND BRNESC SHOULD REALY HAVE SCORED 1 OR 2 SUCH WAS THEIR DOMINANCE
DAVID WHITNEY THEN MISSED A GLORIOUS CHANCE TO MAKE IT 1 0 WHEN CHASING A THROUGH BALL TO THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND WITH THE KEEPER MAROONED ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX HE HEADED THE BALL STRAIGHT AT THE KEEPER WHILST TRYING TO PUT IT OVER HIM WHICH SURELY WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOAL
THE WATERLOO KEEPER THEN MADE ANOTHER SAVE FROM RITCHIE CAMPBELL WHO HAD BEEN PLAYED IN BY PAUL FINNAN .AFTER 23 MINUTES THE GOAL FINALLY ARRIVED PAUL FINNAN MADE A BREAK DOWN THE LEFT AND PASSED TO RITCHIE CAMPBELL ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX HE CONTROLLED THE BALL AND SET UP DAVID WHITNEY WHO HIT A FEROCIOUS SHOT FROM 22 YDS INTO THE NET VIA THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BAR 1 NIL
A SWEEPING MOVE INVOLVING PAUL FINNAN ,DAVID WHITNEY, DANIEL KEARNEY AND CHRIS FAGAN WHO CROSSED TO THE BACK POST WHERE RITCHIE CAMPBELLS GOALBOUND SHOT WAS BLOCKED ON THE LINE,
BRNESC WERE NOW IN FULL CRY AND WATERLOO S DEFENCE WAS UNDER CONSTANT PRESSURE AND RITCHIE CAMPBELL NEARLY MADE IT 2 0 WHEN PLAYED IN BY PAUL FINNAN ANOTHER FINE SAVE BY THE OUTSTANDING WATERLOO KEEPER FRUSTRATED THE BRNESC FORWARD ONCE AGAIN.
CHRIS FAGAN THE FIRED OVER THE BAR, AFTER A SHUDDERING TACKLE BY DAVE DEMPSEY ,ENABLED HIM TO GATHER THE BALL AND RACE INTO THE BOX AND BEAT THE KEEPER BUT IT WAS JUST OVER THE BAR
AT THE BREAK IT WAS 1 0 TO BRNESC SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 3 0 IF NOT MORE SUCH WAS THEIR DOMINANCE.
AFTER 47 MINS RITCHIE CAMBELL PLAYED A PASS TO THE BACK POST WHERE DAVID WHITNEY MIISED THE BALL WIYH THE GOAL AT HIS MERCY HE THEN GATHERED IT AT THE SECOND ATTEMPT BUT THE KEEPER SMOTHERED HIS SHOT
DANNY KEARNRY THEN FED IN RITCHIE CAMPBELL WHO SHOT STRAIGHT AT THE KEEPER.HOW THIS GAME WAS ONLY 1 0 WAS BEYOND ME AS CHANCE AFTER CHANCE WENT BEGGING THE GAME SHOULD HAVE BEEN WELL OVER.AFTER 50 MINS MATTY NAGLE WAS CALLED UPON TO SAVE A FREE KICK ,ONR OF THE RARE OCCASSIONS HE HAD TO SAVE A SHOT
WITH THE STRONG WIND AT THEIR BACKS WATERLOO WERE NOW MORE IN THE GAME BUT BRNESC WERE UNLUCKY AGAIN WHEN DAVE DE3MPSEY PLAYED A FINR BALL INTO THE BOX AND IN THE ENSUING SCRAMBLE RITCHIE CAMPBELL JUST FAILED TO GET A TOUCH TO MAKE IT 2 0
AFTER 55 MINS WATERLOO SCORED WITH A QUICKLY TAKEN FREE KICK WHICH JUST EVADED MATTY NAGLES DESPERATE LUNGE AND NESTLED IN THE FAR CORNER TO SAY THIS WAS OUT OF THE BLUE WAS A UNDERSTATEMENT WATERLOO HAD HARDLY BEEN IN THE GAME!!!
THE GOAL LIFTED WATERLOO AND THE NEXT 5 OR 6 MINS THEY ACTUALLY HAD THE LIONS SHARE OF THE GAME
BRNESC REGAINED THEIR COMPOSURE AND CHRIS FAGAN MADE A STRONG RUN DOWN THE FLANK AND HIS LOFTED BALL WAS VOLLEYED CLEAR FROM THE SIX YARD BOX AS THE BRNESC FORWARDS CLOSED IN FOR THE KILL
PAUL FINNAN THEN HAD A GOALBOUND EFFORT BLOCKED BY THE BACK OF A WATERLOO DEFENDER WITH THE KEEPER BEATEN.WATERLOO WENT CLOSE THEMSELVES WITH A LONG RANGE EFFORT JUST GOING NARROWLY WIDE.
CHRIS FAGAN THEN BROUGHT ANOTHER FINE SAVE FROM THE WATERLOO KEEPER,THEIR MAN OF THE MATCH,AS BOTH TEAMS WENT FOR THE WINNER HE THEN DENIED PAUL FINNAN WITH ANOTHER EXCELLENT STOP AND RITCHIE CAMPBELL THEN HEADED NARROWLY OVER AS BRNESC POURED FORWARD
PAUL FINNAN THEN SCORED THE GOAL HIS DISPLAY DESERVED WHEN THE KEEPER,WITH HIS ONLY ERROR,HIT A GOALKAVK STRAIGHT TO HIM 25 YDS OUT PAUL THEN WENT THROUGH TWO DESPAIRING TACKLES AND RIFLED THE BALL INTO THE BACK OF THE NET 2 1
WATERLOO THEN HEADED WIDE AS THEY PRESSED FOR THE EQUALISER.THE GAME WAS THEN TURNED ON ITS HEAD IN THE LAST 6 MINS AS WATERLOO TOOK THE POINTS AS THEY PICKED BRNESCS POCKETS ,SHADES OF THE ARTFUL DODGER ,TWO IDENTIKIT GOALS BOTH GIVEN AWAY INITIALLY IN THE WATERLOO HALF AND BOTH DEFENDED POORLY WITH CROSSES FROM THEV RIGHT BEING CONVERTED AT THE BACK POST
AT THE FINAL WHISTLE BRNESC WERE SHELLSHOCKED THEY HAD CHANCES GALORE ,AT LEAST 12 AND TOOK TWO ,WATERLOO HAD 5OR 6 AND SCORED 3 WE MUST BE MORE CLINICAL IN FRONT OF GOAL AND WE MUST KEEP OUR CONCENTRATION FOR 90 MINS PLUS OTHERWISE THIS KIND OF RESULT WILL BE REPEATED!!!
