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18.09.2018 at 19:00 Tallaght Stadium Attendance:
Rep of Ireland 3 - 0 Turkey
Referee: Oliver Moran Friendly / T/S-match

Goalscorers
Matt Everitt (32)
Conor Carty (75)
Joshua Giurgi (77)
None
Opening squads
Gavin Bazunu
Luke Turner
Cian Kelly
Alex Dunne
Matt Everitt
Leo Gaxha
Seamus Keogh
James Furlong
Festy Ebosele
Conor Carty
Brandon Holt
Arda Özçimen (GK),
Muhammed Emin Sarıkaya,
Çağtay Kurukalıp,
Rahmi Salih Kaya,
Kemal Bayrak,
Halil İbrahim Sevinç,
Batın Özdemir,
Salih Kavrazlı (C),
Emincan Tekin,
Gulhan Ureyen,
Polat Abay
Substitutes
Darragh Burns
Jimmy Corcoran
Kyle Martin-Conway
Zak Delaney
Thomas Considine
Joshua Giurgi
Timi Sobowale
Substitutions
Joshua Giurgi -> Matt Everitt (67)
Darragh Burns -> Conor Carty (78)
Timi Sobowale -> Festy Ebosele (80)
Berke Avaz for Ureyen 65 mins,
Bunyamin Yavasoglu for Sevinç 65 mins,
Yellow cards
None. None
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
The Republic of Ireland Under-17s began their preparations for the 2019 UEFA European Championship finals with a 3-0 win over Turkey this evening at Tallaght Stadium.

With Colin O’Brien’s squad qualifying automatically as hosts of the 2019 showpiece, they will play a number of friendlies to prepare rather than the usual qualification process.

Ireland opened the brighter of the two sides with Festy Obosele forcing Arda Özçimen into a fantastic one handed save after a quarter of an hour.

Shamrock Rovers goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu started between the sticks for Ireland in his club’s home ground and was called into action on the half hour mark saving well from Muhammed Emin Sarıkaya’s long range effort.

The deadlock was finally broken in the 32nd minute. Ireland forward Matt Everitt turned his marker inside the penalty area and drilled a left footed effort into the corner of the net.

Turkey carved open the best chance after the restart, this time Bazunu produced an excellent diving save to deny Emincen Tekin.

Ireland ensured the win with five minutes remaining. Conor Carty’s persistence was rewarded as he chased a long clearance over the top, nicked in ahead of the last Turkish defender before rounding the the keeper before slotting into the empty net.

Substitute Joshua Giurgi put the icing on the cake with a third for Ireland two minutes later to complete an impressive win for O’Brien’s men.

The teams meet once again on Thursday afternoon in Tallaght, with kick off pencilled in for 13:00.

Republic of Ireland: Gavin Bazunu (GK), Alex Dunne, James Furlong, Cian Kelly, Brandon Holt, Festy Ebosele (Timi Sobowale 80’), Matt Everitt (Joshua Giurgi 67’), Leo Gaxha, Seamas Keogh (C), Luke Turner, Conor Carty (Darragh Burns 78’)

Subs not used: Jimmy Corcoran (GK), Thomas Considine, Kyle Conway, Zak Delaney

Turkey: Arda Özçimen (GK), Muhammed Emin Sarıkaya, Çağtay Kurukalıp, Rahmi Salih Kaya, Kemal Bayrak, Halil İbrahim Sevinç (Bunyamin Yavasoglu 65’), Batın Özdemir, Salih Kavrazlı (C), Emincan Tekin, Gulhan Ureyen (Berke Avaz 65’), Polat Abay

Referee: Oliver Moran
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