2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship

**Closed Account** · 20/07/2011, 7:59 PM

Originally Posted by DannyInvincible

According to the official regulations:

[INDENT]Yellow and red cards
20.04 In the case of repeated cautions in different matches, the offending player is suspended for one match in the same competition after the second and fourth caution, as well as after any subsequent cautions.

20.06 In the final round, single yellow cards that have not resulted in a suspension expire on completion of the group phase and are not carried forward to the semi-finals.

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.

**DannyInvincible** · 20/07/2011, 8:06 PM

Originally Posted by joe_denilson

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.

Seems to be it, by my reckoning.

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.

**swinfordfc** · 20/07/2011, 8:08 PM

Great start for the lads .... when they playing the Czech boys? ... is it sat?

**DannyInvincible** · 20/07/2011, 8:08 PM

Any word of any highlights? Don't suppose the RT� News will be showing anything...

**DannyInvincible** · 20/07/2011, 8:09 PM

Originally Posted by swinfordfc

Great start for the lads .... when they playing the Czech boys? ... is it sat?

5PM Irish time on Saturday evening. Will be live on Eurosport.

**DannyInvincible** · 20/07/2011, 8:16 PM

Some more shots of the action from the game from UEFA:

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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

**mark12345** · 20/07/2011, 8:19 PM

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?

**faigirl** · 20/07/2011, 8:24 PM

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.

**BonnieShels** · 20/07/2011, 8:24 PM

Doolin said he was gonna set them up defensively as that's what has gotten us to where we are in this championship.

**DannyInvincible** · 20/07/2011, 8:28 PM

UEFA match report here: http://www.uefa.com/under19/matches/...against+greece

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.

...

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.

First goal wasn't a header at all, it seems. Maybe not even the second, depending on what it means to "knock" it in.

**Yard of Pace** · 20/07/2011, 8:29 PM

Might have brief highlights on Eurosport News maybe? I think the rolling bulletin starts at midnight.

**DannyInvincible** · 20/07/2011, 8:31 PM

Originally Posted by faigirl

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.

Cup half full is now a serious problem for most Ireland fans, we have just beaten Greece and given ourselves a good chance of making the semi finals and all the focus on here is on the fouls that were committed.

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.

**faigirl** · 20/07/2011, 8:34 PM

the Czech team are on 2 yellows, romania on 3 and greece on 3 too, we are all in the same boat.

**DannyInvincible** · 20/07/2011, 8:40 PM

Match stats from UEFA, although no possession stat:

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

Greece had a lot of attempts off-target. Were they resorting to shooting from long range?

**Stuttgart88** · 20/07/2011, 8:50 PM

33 fouls in a match isn't much. 22 fouls conceded is relatively normal, no?

**centre mid** · 20/07/2011, 9:40 PM

Played in a thunderstorm aparently, Spain's match was abandoned tonight.

**DannyInvincible** · 20/07/2011, 9:44 PM

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

33 fouls in a match isn't much. 22 fouls conceded is relatively normal, no?

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.

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