Oriel Park was
witness of its prodigal sons climb to the league top, by putting on a awesome football
display as well netting a much needed win.
After losing their Europa
League match to Croatia’s Hadjuk Split at Oriel Park, Stephen Kenny side was in
need of erasing that bad impression to its followers.
A win is a win and
with a determined and hot streaked cellar ridden Athlone Town; the home side
was in need if not desperate for a win and return to the SSE- Airtricity top.
And that’s what the
Bhoys from Dundalk did, by netting two goals into Ryan Coulter posts, the
locals gave their followers a reason to celebrate with a tie at first, with the
City Leesiders.
This campaign has
seen a determined and resolute squad going to all the means to assemble a
contender as well see their hopes pay up with a couple of shields.
Still with a match
pending against Hadjuk Split, to play as visitor’s at Stadion Puljod and going
with not a pretty sight in their favor and a score of two goals’ against.
For now the Cumann Peile Dhún Dealgan will have to tackle one match a time, after
their Europa qualifiers they have a match pending at home against a Bray
Wanderers squad, hungry for points and to climb away the no descent zone.
Is what Stephen Kenny will
have to sort as August his squad will have one busy task in the EA Sports Cup,
where they play in the semifinal rounds against Wexford Youths squad and as
well their compromise in the FAI Ford Cup.
All of these will depend on
their performance on July 24 on their visit to always difficult Stadion Puljod
and face a Hadjuk Split squad- which promises to be a challenge to Kenny’s
chaps.
Challenging will be for the
Lilywhites to keep their position and hold their grounds at first, after all
the activity in the Airtricity League next month will be a contested one.
With matches against Cork City that will undoubtedly
will be dubbed as the Summit Derby where both squads are determined to defend
their position atop and with Bohemians, Sligo Rovers, Limerick and Drogheda
United on their schedule.
At the end Manager Stephen
Kenny never saw it coming, how will his chaps will have to mount a score and
maintain their hopes alive in the grand European fete, advance to a cup
semifinal and maintain in another one their hopes alive- very well try to keep
their league position first place.
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