Glenavon trailed to a
13th minute goal by Moyola winger Liam
O'Donnell after he slammed in from an indirect free kick awarded when
Glenavon keeper Simon Steele picked up a back pass from Montgomery. Four
minutes earlier the young keeper had pushed away a well struck free kick
by Stevenson but, when O'Donnell's shot went through the wall he was
unable to get across to it.
Glenavon rarely tested Wells in the home nets with a dearth of
quality crosses from either flank. In the end Moyola paid the penalty
for their time-wasting tactics as, in the
6th minute of stoppage time, Davy McAlinden, who Tommy Kincaid had
pushed up front in the final 10 minutes, thumped an unstoppable header
past Davy Wells from Hyndes' cross.
Stephen McAlorum scored a delightful goal in the first period of extra
time as he got on the end of McKnight's pass after good work by Hyndes
deep in his own half.
Mark Morgan rescued the Castledawson side with a back post header
from a disputed left wing corner three minutes from the end of extra
time.
With no further scoring, the game went to penalties with Walsh,
McAlinden and Montgomery scoring the first three penalties for Glenavon, and Duffy and
Lagan netting for Moyola. Johnston struck the post with Moyola's third
penalty but Clifford missed with Glenavon's fourth to restore some hope
for the home side. Mark Morgan went from hero to villain, though, when
his weak fourth penalty was saved by Steele to leave Topley to score the
decisive spot kick and send the visitors home happy with a
4-2 shoot-out win and another semi-final to look forward to.
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