GOALS FROM DAVID Cawley, Aaron Greene, Kieran Djilali, Joseph Ndo and an own goal by Liam Traynor helped Sligo Rovers overcome UCD 5-2 at the Showgrounds this evening.
Dean Clarke and David McMillan scored for the visitors, though their efforts ultimately turned out to a mere consolation.
It was looking good for the Students after McMillan gave them the lead on 2 minutes, as sloppy play in the Sligo backline allowed him to capitalise and produce a clever finish.
Cawley then levelled the game after 27 minutes, striking home powerfully following Greene’s lay off.
The score stayed at 1-1 until just after half-time, when Greene produced a superb strike from just outside the box.
It looked all over, after Traynor diverted Cawley’s cross into his own net, and Djilali’s composed finish effectively ended the game as a contest on 59 minutes.
There was still time, however, for Clarke to reduce the deficit to two goals, before Ndo converted Alan Keane’s cross to ensure an emphatic victory for his side.
The result means Sligo go up a place in the table to third, four points behind leaders St Patrick’s Athletic.
Meanwhile, elsewhere tonight, Waterford United beat Cobh Ramblers 2-0 in the First Division, thanks to two Ben Ryan penalties
What a left hook
@Joe Bloggs: what a chin
I watched this live. The punch from Uzcategui was after the bell. Dirrell himself showed allot class and sportsmanship, approaching Uzcategui to say he forgave him. Unfortunately the same can’t be said for Dirrell’s corner. They started a fight at ringside and then when they eventually got in the ring Dirrell’s uncle carried out this cowardly attack on Uzcategui.
Hopefully he was arrested immediate after and charged with assault.
@SYM-Metal: UPDATE: There is an official police report filed. Mr Leon Lawson is wanted on 2 counts of assault in the 1st and 2nd degree,by the state of Maryland.
Mr Lawson was not arrested at the scene and is still at large. He faces a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.
@SYM-Metal: The bell went when he was swinging. Fair enough it did connect after which is illegal but I don’t think it was 100% intentional.
As for Andre Dirrell, the guy has absolutely no balls whatsoever. It’s sickening how much of a quitter he is. Absolute play acting pretending he couldn’t continue as he knew he had a chance of a DQ win if he quit, it wasn’t as if he was caught with a sucker punch, they were still fighting. He was even getting up and decided to go back down. I would have given him the benefit of the doubt had he not done something similar against Arthur Abraham.
As for his uncle that was despicable, kind of funny I can’t lie, but horrible.
@SYM-Metal: I thought it was marginal if it was late. I think the refs positioning was poor in that situation with dirrell being backed in the corner and uzcategui letting his hands go with the round almost over the ref should have been right on the action,instead of a few yards away. A fighter in the mode of a combo is unlikely to just be able tot stop it when he is already in motion, talking about milliseconds in this instance.
@Seamus Cummins: you could hear Dirrell’s corner telling him to stay down
DJ Khaled should have done more to prevent that
Classy stuff.
Uncle Bam
Poor Dirrell can never catch a break.
@Leon: I think he’s the one catching the breaks and making the most of them.