2-1 Byrne again. Iceland pulled one back 7 mins later
http://www.uefa.com/under19/season=2...&match=2013437
Iceland qualified ahead of France last time out so that's a good result, while Serbia and Turkey drew.
The senior management team were in Tallaght watching according to Newstalk.
In my near 40 years watching Ireland I've never been so encouraged and optimistic about the future
A win over the freewheeling, swashbuckling Icelanders is always worth celebrating
It certainly is one of the shock results of the year.
It took a lot of grit for those Irish boys to hang on to the end ........getting use to life in an Irish shirt.
It's worth noting that the last time an Irish team beat an Icelandic team 2-1 was in 1986. It heralded the most glorious chapter in Irish football history.Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
In my near 40 years watching Ireland I've never been so encouraged and optimistic about the future
Good times are ahead, lads.
not long back from Tallaght stadium
Both teams were fairly evenly matched in the first half, Ireland had slightly more possession, Iceland had slightly better chances. Sam Byrne up front looked disinterested without the ball at his feet, while O'Hanlon buzzed around behind him with Browne and Mulroney solid in central midfield. Moseley again impressed at left full, the second time I've seen him play there in recent weeks and looks a solid full back.
Early in the second half, Byrne opened the scoring with a close range header. The goal seemed to wake the (former?) Manchester United player and he worked a lot following this and was rewarded with a second goal following a scramble in the penalty area from a corner from O'Hanlon. One first touch to kill a long ball right to his feet brought applause from the crowd, that included Martin O'Neill and Roy Keane.
Iceland's goal came from a quick movement after a free kick was played to the left winger, who looped the ball over goalkeeper Eric Grimes, and off the far post. The Icelandic keeper had a terrible habit of coming far out of his area with his team in possession, and twice in the latter stages this almost cost his team another goal, with long shots from O'Hanlon and Byrne not finding the target.
Didn't hear if a MOTM was announced, but Browne or Mulroney would have gotten it over 90 minutes, Byrne if the award was only dependent on the last 30 minutes, or O'Hanlon for the first 70 as he tired in the final minutes and should have been substituted earlier than he was.
Hard to call how things will go against Turkey on Friday, a draw would be a good result setting it up for the final game on Monday against Serbia.
Have to mention the price too - €2 for adults, kids free in - led to the biggest crowd I've seen at Tallaght stadium for an underage game in a while
A win over the freewheeling, swashbuckling Icelanders is always worth celebratingCorrect me if I'm wrong but I thought Iceland was one of the countries leading the way in terms of their underage structure and successes (for their size). In other words this win is a very impressive result.
Isn't that what Charlie and me are saying?
Celebrate good times, come on!
I may have had tongue tentatively in cheek with that remark
I'm annoyed I wasn't able to make the match now, would have liked to see the freewheeling Icelanders in full one-touch mode.
Indo is saying Byrne had several scouts watching last night and that Celtic are interested. Some bloke called Keane is now evens favourite to be Celtics next manager too.
If we qualify it will be a terrific achievement, especially when you consider that Grealish, Jack Byrne and Ian Lawlor would all be eligible to play in these games.
Fingers crossed Byrne gets a good club. There's no shame in being let go by United. Just ask Gilesy
Lawlor's overage, from the regulations - http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/...8_DOWNLOAD.pdf (PDF dowload)
His birthday is the 27 October 199417.02 Players are eligible to play in the competition if they were born on or after 1 January 1995. The national associations are responsible for the strict observation of this provision
Is the Serbia match live anywhere, Eurosport?
"Now jump up there and stuff that son of a bitch in the basket, chief"
Added to the full squad.
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None of the qualifiers are ever on TV. This won't be any different
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Damned with faint praise.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwwa-jMFbEk#t=148
Byrne is a big lad alright, must run in the family.
Noe Baba suspended for tonight's game, likely to be replaced by Ryan Robinson or Sean Long:
http://www.fai.ie/international/unde...ite-phase.html
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