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27.03.2018 at 12:00 Home Farm FC , Whitehall
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Pop Alexandru 28 mins; |
In the second game between the sides in three days, Romania U18 avenged their 2-1 weekend defeat to Ireland U18 as they ran out 1-0 winners in today’s friendly in Whitehall.
Following a tight opening, Romanian broke the deadlock when striker Pop Alexandru opened the scoring against the run of play in the 28th minute.
Ireland enjoyed the lionshare of possession throughout the game, but could not carve open any clear opportunities to trouble Tarnvanu Stefan in the Romanian goal as the visitors held on.
Speaking after the game Ireland Head Coach Jim Crawford was disappointed with the result. “We gave away a silly goal. We addressed it at half time and asked the players to keeping playing and doing the right things. Romania were dogged and defended well but we didn’t create enough clear cut chances.
“The positives over the two games are that a lot of lads made their debuts and now understand what it takes to play at international level. That experience will stand to them for a long time. Today’s result is disappointing but there are lots of learnings there for players and staff going forward.”
Republic of Ireland U18: MacNicholas; James, Lyons, Clarke, Redmond; Bolger, O’Neill, Murphy; Kayode, Caffrey, Dunne.
Substitutes: McMahon (GK), Collins, Kilkenny, McAuley, Wells, Tee, Doyle.
Romania U18: Stefan; Sorin, Ehmann, Valentin, Costin; Ricardo, Paul, Mihaita, Marian; Andrei, P. Alexandru.
Substitutes: Andrei, Adrian, Marius, Barna, Radu, Gabriel, D. Alexandru, Vlad, Lavent, Rares. |
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