In their fourth friendly of the season, Monaghan United hosted Glaslough Villa at home in gortekeegan. After a very entertaining end to end game, Monaghan ran out 7-3 winners with goals from Dylan O’Reilly and Lewis Brady.
Monaghan kicked things off early when Captain Patrick Treanor played a through ball to forward Lewis Brady, who lobed the goalkeeper with a fine finish against his old side. The next goal came minutes later when Dylan O’Reilly latched onto a poor goalkick from the away side, he stroke the ball on the half volley, his effort rattled off the side of the post and into the net. 2-0 to Monaghan. The home side quickly added a third when Patrick Treanor won the ball in midfield and played through Dylan O’Reilly who fired home his second of the game. Dylan soon rounded off his hattrick when midfielder Josh Kelly broke down the left and pulled the ball back to Dylan at the edge of the area, Dylan found the net as he lobed the ball over the goalkeeper. 4-0 to Monaghan at half time.
The first half kicked off the same as the first ended when defender Robin Pratt-Clarke found Dylan O’Reilly with a long ball, Dylan took the ball down and sent it to the side of the goalkeeper, his fourth goal of the game. Glaslough uped their game and soon added three goals in quick sucession making the game 5-3, but Monaghan weren’t finished and soon found another goal when midfielder Darragh McKenna broke down the right hand side, his cross fell to forward Lewis Brady who fired home his second of the game. Forward Dylan O’Reilly wrapped up the goalscoring when he got onto a long through ball from Patrick Treanor, and hired home his firth goal of the game. 7-3 the final score as Monaghan put in a good performance in front of goal.
Monaghans Man of the Match award goes to forward Dylan O’Reilly after he put in a vital performance leading the forward line, adding an amazing 5 goals to his goal tally for the season.
Monaghans United U-13’s Next Fixture to be Announced.
Man of The Match: Dylan O’Reilly
Goals: Dylan O’Reilly (5), Lewis Brady (2)
Team: Ciaran Doyle, Blake Lees, Robin Pratt-Clarke, Ethan Ballentine, Cian Brennan, Conal Harpin, Shane Freeman, Fionan O’Gallchoir, Patrick Treanor (C), Josh Kelly, Darragh McKenna, Michael McMarrow, Fabian Kaminksy, Lewis Brady, Dylan O’Reilly, Cian Bradley-Gillespie, Eoin O’Hanlon
Managers: Conor Finnegan, Brian Finnegan
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