Internal friendly see’s game of two halves
With no game this week Shamrocks Harps assembled their squad along with a few guests to field an eleven a-side friendly at Wicken Sports Club on Sunday afternoon, the team in yellow scored three times before half-time and looked comfortable despite keeper Zish Shivji pulling off several fine saves, but after the break the greens took their time but managed to score four goals in the final nineteen minutes to complete a remarkable turnaround.
Yellows took the lead after just five minutes as a wayward pass at the back allowed Lucan Mills to gain possession and drive into the box to slot home, on the quarter hour that lead was doubled when an initial shot was parried but quickest to react to the loose ball Aidan Driver rolled into the empty net. The Greens did hit the post shortly after but just before the interval Josh Hill curled a brilliant free kick home to give his side what looked an unassailable half-time lead.
Twenty-five minutes into the second half the Greens had a goal disallowed for offside, but despite that set back they began their comeback just sixty seconds later as a cross was headed home by Ali Ul-Zufar. With just under a quarter of an hour left a ball played up to Stephen Goss on the edge of the box saw him reduce the arrears further, parity then restored as a long punt upfield saw Goss in behind and he slotted past the advancing Shivji.
The winner came in added time as an initial shot was saved by Shivji, but the rebound fell kindly for Goss to side foot home into the unguarded net to complete his hattrick. F/T: 4-3
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