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Cork City’s hopes of avoiding relegation from the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division took another significant blow when they were defeated by Dundalk at Turner’s Cross on Tuesday night.
A quick double by Patrick Hoban in the final 17 minutes was enough to give Dundalk the three points to move him up to third place in the table, while City, now seven league games without a win, remain two points behind in the bottom with only three matches. remaining.
Filippo Giovagnoli made seven changes to the team that drew 0-0 at Oriel Park against Finn Harps in his last outing with Nathan Oduwa, Cameron Dummigan, Andy Boyle and Chris Shields the only survivors.
Dummigan had the first shot on goal within the first few minutes and the left-back was unlucky to see his thunderous strike from the edge of the penalty area drift just beyond the lower right corner.
Colin Healy took over the City for the first time at home and the interim manager, who was joined by former boss John Cotter in the technical area, made five modifications to his starting eleven that beat the Bohemians 3-0 last Friday.
Mark McNulty (missing with a back strain on his 40th birthday), Dale Holland, Cian Bargary, Cory Galvin and Ricardo Dinanga were replaced by Liam Bossin, Alan Bennett, Henry Ochieng, Dylan McGlade and Cian Coleman.
The Leesiders rode 4-5-1 and the formation, as well as their pace of work, restricted the reigning Irish champions to shots from afar.
Patrick McEleney tried his luck from 25 yards after 11 minutes, but his ambitions weren’t rewarded when Liam Bossin made a comfortable save before Michael Duffy launched a half volley from a similar position just above the left post midway through the first half. .
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Patrick Hoban threatened a couple of times before half an hour, but after his header from a corner kindly deflected Bossin, he hit City a great opening fastball.
The Lilywhites continued to control possession and again came close to breaking the deadlock at 34, but Sean Murray’s half volley fiercely hit with a narrow whistle from the upper right corner.
Then the visitors had strong penalty appeals. Alan Bennett slipped to cut Nathan Oduwa’s dangerous cross and referee Neil Doyle found he had accidentally hit his arm and pointed to a corner instead.
City made their first shot on goal in the 40th minute, but it never worried Dundalk goalkeeper Gary Rogers, who calmly met Cian Coleman’s attempt from 35 meters before Sean Gannon dragged the final shot from half-width. from the right post from the inside. box.
The hosts breathed a huge collective sigh of relief at the start of the second period, as the Europa League group nearly went ahead under fortuitous circumstances. Michael Duffy cut off his right foot and his curling iron seemed destined for the far corner until Bossin intervened.
The keeper did well to duck to the left, but his save bounced off the running Hoban and landed just past the open net.
The Rebel Army nearly scored what would have been a crucial goal for them just past the hour, but after a mounting run, Rogers parried Dylan McGlade’s powerful blow.
In the end, their stamina was finally broken in the 73rd minute when confusion between Bossin and his defense rendered City unable to face a cross and Patrick Hoban was available to shoot home from a couple of yards.
And two minutes later, Hoban doubled his team’s lead when he coolly placed an excellent cross from Sean Gannon into the bottom right corner from close range.
Substitute Cian Bargary almost sets up an interesting finish, but he fired wide from the upper right corner at the turn as City now have three games, home to Waterford (Saturday) and Derry, and a trip to Sligo Rovers in between, to save yourself. .
Cork City: Liam Bossin; Joseph Olowu, Alan Bennett, Jake O’Brien, Kevin O’Connor; Uniss Kargbo (Alec Byrne Half Time), Cian Coleman, Gearóid Morrissey, Henry Ochieng, Dylan McGlade (Cian Bargary 73); Deshane Dalling (Connor Simpson 85).
Dundalk: Gary Rogers; Sean Gannon, Daniel Cleary, Andy Boyle, Cameron Dummigan; Chris Shields, Sean Murray (Gregg Sloggett 65), Patrick McEleney (Jordan Flores 80); Nathan Oduwa (Stefan Colovic 80), Patrick Hoban (David McMillan 88), Michael Duffy (Daniel Kelly 88).
Referee: Neil Doyle (Dublin).
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