What a finish!
Wexford Youth’s ended their Champions League campaign in emphatic fashion this afternoon with a 5-1 win over Cardiff Met in Poland.
Carol Breen was the star of the show, bagging four goals for the talented side who bowed out of the competition after finishing in a fantastic second place in their group.
Wexford Youths ladies (Image: Twitter)
The talented squad were two-nil up after just six minutes thanks to Carol Breen, with Rebekah Cassin adding the side’s third, before Breen hit her hat-trick.
While captain Emily Allen pulled one back at the other end, Breen finished the game for Will Doyle’s side in style with a fourth cracker.
Having three points from their first three games meant that this year’s Women’s National League champions were not able to qualify for the knockout stages due to the head-to-head record, but that did not deter them from putting a shiny gloss on their season with a brilliant win.
They won 5-1 today. (Image: Twitter)
Instead, it is Poland’s Medyk Konin who progress to the next stage as they overcame Lithuanian top seeds Gintra 4-0 in the other fixture to top the group.
“We finished on a high,” Will Doyle said afterwards.
“The first half was a decent performance but in the second half we let it go a little as we knew the other score so it was in Konin’s hands.”
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“I was delighted to get two wins, I wouldn’t have changed much of what we did against Konin. We were just against a very good side in testing conditions and we fell short in that one.
“I couldn’t ask much more from the girls, the heat was a massive issue. We tried to rotate players and we’re delighted to go home with the two wins.”
It was a fantastic first campaign for the squad.
“We have to switch on for the league campaign now and we want to retain that title and have another opportunity to play at this level next year,” he concluded.
Take a look at what happened when we went training with the squad…
Images: Twitter/FAI.
