FAI: REPORT | U21 | Ireland 3-0 Kuwait - Ireland

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Ireland were leading*when there when a racist remark wasaimed at an Ireland substitute during the second half.
Before then Ireland had raced to a 2-0 lead inside 10 minutes. First Ollie O’Neill found the bottom corner with a sweet strike after a cushioned lay-off by the excellent Conor Carty. Then Carty himself found the net when captain for the game Andrew Moran broke the offside trap and put the ball on a place for the St. Pat’s man Carty to net his first Under-21s goal.
The Boys in White dominated the first half exchanges with Moran, Carty, Bosun Lawal, Darragh Burns and Sam Curtis, off a Moran corner, all going close to adding a third goal but the sides went into the break with Ireland two to the good.
Crawford used the interval to make a number of changes with Armstrong Oko-Flex in for Burns and debutants Aidomo Emakhu, Jack Henry-Francis and Killian Cahill replacing Carty, Lawal and Keeley.**
Striker Emakhu made an immediate impact, finishing with a clinical first touch after a good run from captain Moran seven minutes into the second half after good work from fellow substitute Oko-Flex to win the ball back down the right wing.
It was shortly after the goal that the game was abandoned with match organisers confirming Ireland were awarded the 3-0 win.
A full statement from the FAI into the incident can be read here
Republic of Ireland: Josh Keeley (Killian Cahill, 46’); Sam Curtis, Connor O’Riordan, Sean Grehan, James Furlong, Darragh Burns (Armstrong Oko-Flex, 46’), Bosun Lawal (Jack Henry-Francis, 46’), Ed McJannet, Ollie O’Neill, Andrew Moran, Conor Carty (Emakhu, 46’)



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Under 21 Mens


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Introduction:
Jim Crawford’s Ireland Under-21s rounded off their preparations for the upcoming European Championship qualifiers with a 3-0 win against the Kuwait Under 22s in the Austrian town of Bad Radkersburg however the game would be abandoned after 60 minutes.




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