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Slovakia 2 - 2 Rep of Ireland Under 19
Referee: European Qualifier Elite Stage-match

Goalscorers
Marcin 54 mins
Rusnak 90 mins,		 Sam Byrne (24)
Steven Smith (92)
Opening squads
Holec;
Habanek,
Satka,
Pinter,
Mazan;
Ninaj,
Lobokta;
Smehyi,
Rusnak,
Fasko;
Marcin.		 Ian Lawlor
Noe Baba
Steven Smith
Brandon Miele
Sean Long
Pierce Sweeney
Shane Griffin
Adam Evans
Kenny Mc Evoy
Sam Byrne
Kieran Sadlier
Substitutes
Patrik Lukáč
Jaroslav Mihalík
Ondrej Duda Christián Steinhubel
Dávid Ivan
Daniel Bednárik
Róbert Kovaľ		 Danny Rogers
Bradley Garmston
Sean Maguire
Carel Tiofack
William Hayhurst
Sean Kavanagh
Luke Gallagher
Substitutions
Mihalik for Fasko 46 mins,
Ivan for Smehyi 66 mins,
Bednarik for Ninaj 83 mins,		 Bradley Garmston -> Adam Evans (46)
Luke Gallagher -> Noe Baba (57)
Sean Kavanagh -> Brandon Miele (69)
Yellow cards
Mazan 76 Mins,
Ivan 90+2 mins		 Noe Baba (55)
Steven Smith (80)
Red cards
None None.
Other statistics
0 Shots 0
0 Shots on goal 0
0 Offsides 0
0 Corner kicks 0
0 Free kicks 0
0 Penalties 0
Match report | Preview
Republic of Ireland U19 2 Slovakia U19 2



PAUL DOOLINS Republic of Ireland U19 side kept their hopes of reaching the UEFA Championships finals alive after a remarkable 2-2 draw with Slovakia at at FK Srem, Jakovo today.



The Irish looked set to crash out at the Elite Qualifying Round phase when they fell 2-1 behind in the 89th minute but Steven Smith kept Ireland in the competition with an injury-time equaliser.



With Switzerland recording a 1-0 win over hosts Serbia today, the Irish will qualify for the finals in Lithuania this summer if they beat the Serbs on Tuesday and Switzerland lose to Slovakia the same day.



Once again Ireland, who also drew 2-2 with the Swiss on Thursday, started well and created some decent chances. Sam Byrne almost connected with an Adam Evans cross before then Kieran Sadlier was off target with a long range volley.



Byrne gave Ireland the lead on 24 minutes when he turned home a cross from Sean Long but Slovakia were threatening at times. Michal Fasko forced a save from Irish goalkeeper Ian Lawlor and it took a Noe Baba block to deny Manchester City’s impressive Albert Rusnak.



Sadlier had a chance to extend Ireland’s lead but headed wide from a Kenny McEvoy cross then Matus Marcin levelled for Slovakia in the 54th minute with a close range finish.



Rusnak looked to have won the game for the Slovaks in the 90th minute after the Irish failed to defend a free-kick but Doolin’s side refused to give in and two minutes into injury time Smith smashed home after the Slovaks failed to clear a Bradley Garmston corner.



REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Lawlor; Long, Sweeney, Smith, Griffin; Baba (Gallagher 57), Miele (Kavanagh 69); McEvoy, Sadlier, Evans (Garmston h-t); Byrne.



SLOVAKIA: Holec; Habanek, Satka, Pinter, Mazan; Ninaj (Bednarik 83), Lobokta; Smehyi (Ivan 66), Rusnak, Fasko (Mihalik h-t); Marcin.



Referee: O Grinfeld (ISR).



FIXTURES



UEFA U19 Elite Round Group Two

Thursday, June 6

Republic of Ireland U19 2 Switzerland U19 2

Serbia 4 Slovakia 0



Saturday, June 8

Republic of Ireland U19 2 Slovakia U19 2

Serbia 0 Switzerland 1



Tuesday, June 11

Republic of Ireland U19 v Serbia U19

FK Srem, Jakovo. KO 17.30pm Local Time (16.30 Irish Time)

Switzerland v Slovakia

FK Obilić, Belgrade. KO 17.30pm Local Time (16.30 Irish Time)
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