In the shoot-out, only Paddy Cook and Conor Lewis converted their spot kicks from our first five, with Shelbourne then needing to convert their 5th to advance in the Cup, after 2 brilliant saves by ‘Colly’. Fortunately, he was our saviour for a third time with another magnificent save (first clip) and it went to ‘sudden death’. 4 superbly taken spot-kicks by Neill Love, Ron Newe, Shane O’Connor & Ronan Murphy (and 3 by the opposition) meant the home team needed to score their 9th spot-kick to stay in contention. Alas, they put it wide and VEC advanced to the quarter-finals on a 6-5 penalty shoot-out result. [See the 18 penalties here].
Shelbourne AFC v VEC FC
A match to forget! Two sweet strikes from the home team in the 30th & 32nd minutes gave them the momentum and any chance we had of getting back into this match was extinguished when we conceded a 3rd just after the re-start, added to by two further goals later in the game.
Shelbourne AFC v VEC FC
Both pitches declared unplayable!
Drumcondra AFC v VEC FC 2nds
Shelbourne AFC v VEC FC
