Kerry FC boss Colin Healy on FAI Cup win: ‘The players will give everything they can'
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As the clock ticked into the seventh minute of added time at Mounthawk Park on Friday night, Kerry FC substitute Joe Adams stood over a 25-yard free-kick with his side 1-0 down and on the verge of bowing out of the Sports Direct FAI Cup at the first hurdle.
With a beautiful strike off his left peg, the net bulged, Athlone Town were shell-shocked, and it was onto extra-time. Within two minutes of the restart, Daniel Okwute had put the winner on a plate for another replacement, Kennedy Amechi, and the hosts were into the draw for the next round.
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