Bray crew outsmart Raphoe
Bank of Ireland FAI Schools First Year ‘B’ Boys National Cup Semi Final
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Royal & Prior School, Raphoe 1-3 Dublin Oak Academy, Bray
Joshua Maxwell (10) Hector Hernandez (6), Jaime Priego (51), German Lomelin (59)
Defending Champions Dublin Oak Academy, Bray have kept their three in a row title ambitions alive with a heroic performance against a talented Royal & Prior Comprehensive School in Monaghan United FC this afternoon (April 24).
Hector Hernandez ensured a dream start for the Leinster kingpins when he netted past Matthew Gibson six minutes in with an exquisite finish.
However their celebrations were short lived as a fabulous equalizer four minutes later through Joshua Maxwell stunned the Bray School.
Luke and Alex Parke were instrumental alongside goal-scorer Joshua Maxwell and Captain Matthew Gibson for Raphoe all afternoon but the Mexican students broke their hearts with nine minutes to go as Jaime Priego doubled their lead in this tie.
Bray converted their third of the day seconds from time as German Lomelin tapped in at the far post.
John McShane’s side will now await the winners of the other semi-final pairing which will see Coola Post Primary School up against St. Mary’s SS, Newport. This deadly duo will do battle on Thursday afternoon in Lee’s Road, Ennis.
The Bank of Ireland FAI Schools First Year ‘B’ Boys National Cup Final is pencilled in for Thursday, May 10 at 1pm in the AUL Complex, Clonshaugh. Can McShane make it three from three this season?
ROYAL & PRIOR SCHOOL, RAPHOE | Matthew Gibson (Captain), Eden Galbraith, Sam Graham, Sergey Alcorio, Scott McBeth, Luke Parke, Joshua Maxwell, Sam McKnight, Ethan Gallagher, Matthew Peoples, Alex Parke
SUBS | Bryan Browne, Andrew Long, Alex McConnell
TEACHER | Chris Carr
DUBLIN OAK ACADEMY, BRAY | German Gandara, Eugenio Jimenez, Javier Bermea, Federico Margain, Felipe Garcia, Sergio Chavarria, Horacio Servin, Hector Hernandez, Diego Sierra (Captain), German Lomelin, Jaime Priego
SUBS | Manuel Diaz, Diego Lopez, Adolf Del Villar, Carlos Alvarez, Aldo Prandini
TEACHER | John McShane
REFEREE | Tom McClave (Monaghan)
