Fingal denied at the death

A STOPPAGE-time Maritimo winner may have broken Sporting Fingal hearts, but manager Liam Buckley praised his players, insisting this tie is still very much in the melting pot.

“The objective coming here was to keep the tie alive going back to Dublin next Thursday and we’ve achieved that,” said Buckley.

“Scoring two goals away from home was vital but we are gutted to concede the injury-time goal. I can’t fault the efforts of my players and we’ll be confident going into the second leg,” he added.