What was the final in Rapa v United?
4-4 was a bit of an epic and a great game for the neutral (unfortunately I'm not neutral)
Paul Ifill opened the scoring in the 6th minute, with a shot hit so hard the Wgtn Utd keeper said he didn't even see it go past him!
Wellington United responded straight away from the kick off with Manny Achol scoring
Ifill then did one of his weaving runs and made it 2-1
He could have had a hat-trick inside 15 minutes as he hit the bar shortly after
Rapa had a few close chances, including one of those sitters that seemed harder to miss, Wellington United also had a few chances and hit the post twice
In about the 35th minute Ifill pulled up with a hamstring injury and went off, it was a bit of relief for Wellington United as the game was becoming the Paul Ifill show up to then
Half time and it was 2-1 to Rapa, how it was only that I don;t know
2nd half kicked off and Mike McCutcheon scored straight away for Wellington United 2-2
10 minutes later he had a second and it was 3-2 Wellington United
Not long after the ref called the Wellington United keeper for handball when he said he stepped outside of his area while kicking upfield
Up stepped American Hugo Delhommelle who placed a great shot over the wall and into the top corner, only for the ref to order a retake as he hadn't blown his whistle, he retook it and placed it in exactly the same spot and it was 3-3
Then with about 15 to go some lovely passing play between Manny Achol & Owen Smith ended with David Silva slotting in Wellington United's 4th
There were still more chances for both sides and it looked as if Wellington United had done enough to secure their first win of the season, but an amazing 7 minutes of referee time was played and in the last minute of that Rapa got a free kick on the edge of the area and up stepped that man Hugo Delhommelle who scored with what proved to be the last kick off the game.
Rather gutting but it was better than the 90+2 minute 3-2 loss to Napier on Monday, overall it was a fair result between the two teams with the worst defenses in the league and both desperate for their first win