St Patrick’s Athletic defeat Shelbourne in a thrilling match
Dublin, Ireland – St Patrick’s Athletic beat Shelbourne 4-3 in a thrilling match at Tolka Park on Sunday. The match was marked by intensity and a high number of goals, with a total of seven goals scored.
St Patrick’s Athletic started better, and opened the scoring in the 22nd minute through a goal by J. Redmond, assisted by B. Kavanagh. Shelbourne managed to tie the match in the 76th minute with a goal by R. Tulloch, assisted by J. Martin. However, the Saints took the lead again two minutes later, thanks to a goal by A. Kazeem.
The match became even more exciting in the final minutes. Shelbourne equalized in the 81st minute with a goal by M. Smith, assisted by S. Boyd. St Patrick’s Athletic responded in the 88th minute with a goal by A. Kazeem, which gave the team the final victory.
The match was marked by controversy in the 90th minute, when M. Smith of Shelbourne was sent off after a red card. The match was also marked by a large number of yellow cards, with a total of seven cautions: four for Shelbourne and three for St Patrick’s Athletic.
St Patrick’s Athletic had more shots on goal (7 vs 5), but Shelbourne had more possession of the ball (59% vs 41%). The win allows St Patrick’s Athletic to add three important points in the Premier Division of Ireland.
Substitutions shelbourne: at minute 41 T. Wilson came in and S. Griffin went out., at minute 56 S. Boyd came in and A. O’Brien went out., at minute 56 A. Coote came in and L. Burt went out., at minute 69 J. Martin came in and E. Caffrey went out., at minute 69 M. Smith came in and H. Wood went out.
Substitutions st patrick’s athl.: at minute 62 A. Bolger came in and C. Forrester went out., at minute 77 M. Melia came in and J. Mulraney went out., at minute 77 K. Leavy came in and A. Keena went out., at minute 87 A. Kazeem came in and B. Kavanagh went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Shelbourne
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