Rossa suffered a heavy defeat at Bellaghy on Sunday in their third match of the Derry 2010 Feile Na NoG .They got off to a poor start conceding an early penalty. However, Cathan Quinn in the Rossa goal limited the damage to one point by pushing the ball over the bar from the spot kick. An excellent point from Shea Murphy soon had the teams on level terms but then Bellaghy took control of the game with 4 unanswered points. In the last five minutes of the first half the Rossa players matched Bellaghy throughout the field and a goal from Shea Murphy reduced the deficit to 2 points leaving Rossa trailing by 0-6 to 1-1 at the break.
Rossa went into the second half with renewed confidence but two quick goals followed by a second Bellaghy penalty ended this game as a competition. A late consolation goal from Shea Murphy helped reduce the deficit in what was a disappointing performance from Rossa. Final score Bellaghy 4-9 Rossa 2-2.
Rossa’s next competitive game will be on 27 March at Home to Slaughneill. This break will give the players time to put in some hard training and hopefully improve their team performance. Training continues, as usual, on Thursday at 6pm in Meadowbank Sports Arena.
