It\u2019s hard to look ahead to this weekend\u2019s Cork City Fc Women\u2019s underage fixtures without first reflecting on a remarkable week for the girls in green. Two magnificent away wins for the Wu17s and WU19s against Carlow-Kilkenny and Bohemian FC respectively. We caught up with Jess Lawton for a look at a whirlwind seven days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was a tough game, showing how teams are progressing\u201d says Lawton discussing the WU17s 3-0 win in Kilkenny, the goals coming from Grace Flanagan and Kayleigh Still \u201cthe played good football, defended very well and they frustrated us, but we stuck to the game plan and did break them down eventually. You can\u2019t take any points for granted in this league, so we were delighted with the win\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Six of Lawton\u2019s U17 squad featured in international squads with Clodagh Fitzgerald, Kiera Sena and Shauna Sheahan lifting both the John Read Trophy & Bob Docherty Cup with the FAI schools U15 squad in England. On Monday Grace Flanagan, Fiana Bradley and Heidi Mackin headed to Malta with the Irish U16s, opening their camp with a 4-0 win over Turkey, Heidi grabbing the third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only Clodagh Fitzgerald is confirmed among from the six internationals, but Lawton isn\u2019t worried ahead of the trip to DLR Waves \u201cthey have a few players away on international duty too, but we know we have a fantastic squad, we have faith in each and every player and we\u2019ll put up a fight, play our game and hopefully continue the run we\u2019re on\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A player returning from international duty grabbed the winner for the WU19 away to Bohemian FC last Sunday, Chloe Atkinson marking her return to the squad with a quality free kick, a result Lawton felt her team deserved \u201cWe had Chloe back and Ellie O\u2019Brien back from injury which was a great boost. We\u2019d spoken about how we were glad about the performances, but not the result, we had things to work on and going to Dublin the girls stuck to their task and were brilliant. We started fast, retained the ball well, kept control\u201d says Lawton, reflecting that it could have ended differently \u201cWe\u2019d used all our subs so played the last ten minutes or so with 10 players and to be fair, Bohs pressed well, and we were a little like Ireland away to Sweden during the week. They piled on the pressure, but we were professional and saw it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The win was welcome ahead of the tough task against Peamount United on Sunday, but Lawton is unfazed \u201cThere are no easy games\u201d she says \u201cbut there shouldn\u2019t be, there are Elite players, and these challenges are key to their development towards the senior squad. We\u2019ve played Peamount earlier in the season, we know them well, their strengths. We played well against them in that game, just couldn\u2019t take our chances. We want to put that right<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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