Right, so if Doherty, Carruthers or Hendrick get booked in the second or third game, they will miss the next game. But all yellows expire after the third game.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
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Right, so if Doherty, Carruthers or Hendrick get booked in the second or third game, they will miss the next game. But all yellows expire after the third game.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Seems to be it, by my reckoning.Quote:
Originally Posted by joe_denilson
Just looking at the stats, we did commit quite a lot of fouls. We committed 22 to Greece's 11. Romania have three players on yellows as well from their game against the Czechs. They'll miss their game against us if they happen to pick up a second against Greece on Saturday.
Edit: Just to clarify, single yellows expire after the third game. If a player picks up a second yellow in the third game, for example, it seems to be that a one-game suspension will carry through to the semi-final.
Great start for the lads .... when they playing the Czech boys? ... is it sat?
Any word of any highlights? Don't suppose the RTÉ News will be showing anything...
5PM Irish time on Saturday evening. Will be live on Eurosport.Quote:
Originally Posted by swinfordfc
Some more shots of the action from the game from UEFA:
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http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/...1652231_w2.jpg
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Giorgos Katidis (Greece)
Giorgos Katidis of Greece (No17) celebrates after equalising during their UEFA European Under-19 Championship Group A match against the Republic of Ireland
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Dimitris Diamantakos (Greece) & John O'Sullivan (Republic of Ireland)
Dimitris Diamantakos of Greece (left) competes with John O'Sullivan of the Republic of Ireland during their UEFA European Under-19 Championship Group A match
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Anthony O'Connor (Republic of Ireland)
Anthony O'Connor (centre) of the Republic of Ireland rejoices after scoring the second goal during their UEFA European Under-19 Championship Group A match against Greece
Sometimes I think my cup is permanently half empty but.......
by the sound of things (on the text commentary) we were giving it our all in the physical sense while the Greeks had the technical advantage in the game?
As glad as I am that we've won, it is hard to escape the fact that those lads will grow up to be physical players rather than ones who can retain the ball and create opportunities (which as we all know is what's missing from Trap's senior team).
Is that a fair assessment? Maybe someone who saw the game could elaborate?
I saw the game and that is not a fair assessment, Ireland were the better team, physically and technically, apart from the last 15 minutes Ireland dominated.
Doolin said he was gonna set them up defensively as that's what has gotten us to where we are in this championship.
UEFA match report here: http://www.uefa.com/under19/matches/...against+greece
First goal wasn't a header at all, it seems. Maybe not even the second, depending on what it means to "knock" it in.Quote:
The Republic of Ireland opened their UEFA European Under-19 Championship Group A campaign with a 2-1 victory against Greece.
Ireland reached the finals thanks to an elite-round win against Italy and they were celebrating again after just two minutes had elapsed in Buftea, Anthony O'Connor smartly volleying in Sean Murray's corner from the right. Giorgos Katidis drew Greece level three minutes later, but O'Connor struck again early in the second half to wrap up maximum points.
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Having enjoyed a lightning start to the opening period, Paul Doolin's team hit the front six minutes after the interval. Murray's quick corner to Samir Carruthers allowed the Aston Villa FC player to hit a cross to the far post where O'Connor was again well-placed to knock in.
Might have brief highlights on Eurosport News maybe? I think the rolling bulletin starts at midnight.
The number of fouls committed was just one of the many things I was focusing on. It's a side-issue considering we won, but still not one worth sweeping under the carpet completely if suspensions come back to haunt us. As for the victory, I'm delighted with it. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by faigirl
the Czech team are on 2 yellows, romania on 3 and greece on 3 too, we are all in the same boat.
Match stats from UEFA, although no possession stat:
Greece had a lot of attempts off-target. Were they resorting to shooting from long range?Code:Greece Republic of Ireland
1 Goals scored 2
4 Attempts on target 5
9 Attempts off target 3
5 Corners 6
11 Fouls committed 22
3 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
33 fouls in a match isn't much. 22 fouls conceded is relatively normal, no?
Played in a thunderstorm aparently, Spain's match was abandoned tonight.
I suppose it's not wildly unusual or anything, although we are the worst offenders after the first round of games. I guess someone has to be. There were 26 fouls in each of the other two games.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
For what it's worth, the number of fouls (and bookings) per team so far:
Ireland: 22 (3 bookings)
Serbia: 15 (2 bookings)
Czech Republic: 14 (2 bookings)
Romania: 12 (3 bookings)
Greece: 11 (3 bookings)
Turkey: 11 (1 booking)
Hadn't seen this before hand, by the way, but there are squad profiles on the FAI site: http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=c...id=4&Itemid=12
I didn't realise so many of them were born in Ireland - I'm not used to seeing that in Irish underage teams.
i think given the fact many of us are worried about the increasing popularity of rugby this is a great thing!
It's especially great when a GAA legend's son is a contributor :)
Sean McDermott, the sub goalie, was born in Norway to a Donegal father. The whole country is well represented with players from Monaghan, Dublin, Waterford, Kerry, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Westmeath all included. That's pretty good going considering the FAI have that Dublin bias Roy Keane and Stephen Ireland always go on about...
None from Roscommon? Is there ever?
Great result and sets them up nicely for the rest of the group. Avoid defeat on Sat and they would almost be go through. Good to see the result getting some press on the sports bulletins. Of course no chance RTE will show any of the tournament unless they get to the final.
Sat is the big one. Avoid defeat there and you'd fancy them to beat Romania and qualify. Did anyone back them?
If there was ever a scout in Roscommon, I'd be humbly surprised.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Having said that we don't need to mention the mighty Jonathan Douglas do we :p
Ya was thinking the same myself!Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
He's Monaghan no? Or Cavan? Nah it's Monaghan I'm sure!Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Yes he is monaghan so is Geysir thats the point....
You have a point? I thought you were just meandering like a berry picker.
It's already a recorded stat on this thread that underpinning the starting lineup is a young lad from Monaghan. What do they say Paul? get with it? keep the focus?
Goals from the Romania-Czech Republic game and the Spain-Belgium one that was postponed: http://www.101greatgoals.com/euro-u1...romania/99507/
Can't see the goals from our game online anywhere. Has anyone seen them?
A victory over the Czechs would secure qualification for the semi-finals, although not necessarily top-spot if Romania were to beat both ourselves and Greece. If Romania slip up in either game though, we'd finish top. I'd consider it unlikely that Romania will do much though. You'll see how poor they are at the back from the goals they conceded last night. Plenty of weakness to exploit from set-pieces, which we've obviously worked on. Their goal against the Czechs was also a bit of a fluke.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingdom
Romania looked shocking at the back. Czechs played some really lovely passing football and look very dangerous.
Ridiculous we can't see the goals from last night anywhere. Didn't show them on Eurosport news. Maybe the 6.01 on RTE? I mean, they practically had round the clock reports from the U-17 girls tournament in Trinidad. Not that I'm saying they shouldn't have but an U-19 team in a major tournament should be a big deal. Considering most of us are gasping for live soccer at this time of year, I'm surprised it wasn't worth their while showing the games live really...
I watched the 9 o'clock news last night expecting some highlights, or at least a report, but they didn't even have a sports round-up. Do they drop the sports round-up for the Summer or do they just not bother with a sports round-up any longer?
I saw that, the point as I should have realised you wouldn't get is, does he turn into another Jonathan Douglas.....;) Get with it, keep the focus, I won't put a question mark beside the "get with it" either to confuse the situation further :DQuote:
Originally Posted by geysir
I reckon we should wear all green more often. We seem to always get good results in all green, maybe its just me that thinks that...
Its just me then....
vs the Saudis?
When else have we worn all-green? Iran away in 2001? We actually lost that game 1-0, even though we qualified for the World Cup finals on aggregate. And Slovakia away last year? I was disappointed we hadn't taken all three points after that game. I don't think I share the same fondness for the all-green.
Paris 2004
Uh oh!Quote:
Originally Posted by Yard of Pace