Scottish men draw with Ireland with a last minute Irish goal

Heart ache for Scotland men as they draw with Ireland 1-1, from an Irish goal in the last 30 seconds in the Investec London Cup.

The rain had cleared and we were in store for an electric game, both sides eager for a win. A penalty corner was awarded to the Irish in the first 2 minutes but Jamie Cachia made a fantastic dive to deny the Irish taking the lead.

Both sides moved the ball well round the Olympic park pitch with Ireland testing Cachia. A great ball from Gordon McIntyre set up Kenny Bain to make a run down the left and took a reverse hit to give Scotland the lead. This gave the Scots confidence and the team went on and had a few more attempts on goal. Forward player Alan Forsyth had many great attacking runs into the D but the Scots struggled to finish. Ireland pressed in the last ten minutes before half time but the Scottish defence stayed solid to finish 1-0.

SCO v IRE Investec KB

(Goal scorer Kenny Bain. Photo taken by Ady Kerry)

In the second half Scotland started strong, gaining their first penalty corner. Ireland were straight back on the counter attack as both sides were hungry for a goal. Ireland were on the ball more but struggled to get the ball into the D as the Scottish defence were too strong. Alan Forsyth made the most of an Ireland slip up, running into the D for a reverse hit which unfortunately went wide of the goal. Ireland dominated play but didn’t look like they wanted to score. In the dying minutes an error in the Scottish midfield lead Ireland to take the ball away for Timothy Cockram to draw it level 1-1.

Scottish goal scorer Kenny Bain couldn’t be more proud of his team mates; ‘Yes it was nice to score a goal, I just hit it as hard as I could. We performed so much better than yesterday and that showed, I am just gutted to have conceded in the last seconds of the game.

‘I play with and against a few of the South African lads in Holland but we have a rest day tomorrow which is good to re charge ahead of that match, we are constantly improving which is good as the Commonwealth Games are only a week and a half away.’

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