| Competition: UEFA under-21 European Championship Group 7 Venue: The Showgrounds Attendance: Referee: Eli Hacmon (Israel) | ||
 Republic of Ireland U21 Shane Duffy - Yellow Card (4') Rhys Murphy - Yellow Card (55') Robbie Brady - Penalty (67') Greg Cunningham - Goal (71') |
Mon 04 Jun 20122 - 2(Full Time) |
 Italy U21 Shane Duffy - Own Goal (3') Luca Caldirola - Yellow Card (43') Ciro Immobile - Goal (56') Davide Santon - Yellow Card (66') Mattia Destro - Yellow Card (66') Marco Verratti - Red Card (90' + 2') |
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Game Matchtracker
Republic of Ireland U21 2 - 2 Italy U21 90' + 3' - Substitution - The substitute is subbed. Paloschi comes off for Simone Romangnoli.
Republic of Ireland U21 2 - 2 Italy U21
90' + 3' - Collins looked to be fouled on the edge of the box by Caldirola, but the Israeli referee told him to get up. 
Republic of Ireland U21 2 - 2 Italy U21 90' + 2' - Red Card - Straight red for Verratti for tripping White.
Republic of Ireland U21 2 - 2 Italy U21
90' - 4 minutes to be added on here.
Republic of Ireland U21 2 - 2 Italy U21 88' - Substitution - James Collins replaces Rhys Murphy for Ireland.
Republic of Ireland U21 2 - 2 Italy U21
87' - Comes to nothing, a free is awarded to Italy for pulling by Duffy.
Republic of Ireland U21 2 - 2 Italy U21
86' - Calrdrola fouls Hendrick, Ireland free 30 yards out.
Republic of Ireland U21 2 - 2 Italy U21 84' - Substitution - Milan star Stephan El Shaarawy is coming on for Italy, replacing West Ham target Ciro Immobile,
Republic of Ireland U21 2 - 2 Italy U21
79' - Which comes to nothing.
Republic of Ireland U21 2 - 2 Italy U21
78' - White is fouled by Verratti. Ireland have a free in a dangerous position.
Republic of Ireland U21 2 - 2 Italy U21
75' - Bardi looks so dodgy! Rhys Murphy marched past the Italian defence and shot at the 'keeper's chest, but the keeper went to catch it and the ball was spilled into the path of Caldirola.
Republic of Ireland U21 2 - 2 Italy U21 74' - Substitution - Mattia Destro is replaced by Alberto Paloschi.
Republic of Ireland U21 2 - 2 Italy U21
73' - The Italians, many who are Serie A stars and with much more experience than the Irish look rattled.
Republic of Ireland U21 2 - 2 Italy U21
71' - Brady took the free from the right, and Cunningham got the headed touch. The ball floundered past Bardi in the Italian goal and trickled into the corner of the net. Some claim OG but Cunningham will claim it. 
Republic of Ireland U21 2 - 2 Italy U21 71' - Goal - Greg Cunningham scores for Republic of Ireland U21.
Republic of Ireland U21 1 - 2 Italy U21
70' - Free on the right for Ireland after Brady was fouled by Crecenzi!
Republic of Ireland U21 1 - 2 Italy U21
68' - Destro nearly makes up for his earlier mistake with a run and shot which forced McCarey into diving on the ball for a save.
Republic of Ireland U21 1 - 2 Italy U21
67' - Brady hit the ball to his right bottom corner, and Bardi went the opposite direction. Great finish and the crowd has come to life. 
Republic of Ireland U21 1 - 2 Italy U21 67' - Penalty - Robbie Brady scores for Republic of Ireland U21 from the penalty spot. 
Republic of Ireland U21 2 - 2 Italy U21 66' - Yellow Card - Davide Santon is booked for Italy U21.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 2 Italy U21 66' - Yellow Card - Penalty Ireland. Destro handled in the area, and Brady will take.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 2 Italy U21
66' - Santon pulls down White and Ireland have a free 30 yards out on the left.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 2 Italy U21
65' - Brady takes on Crescenzi on the right and beats him, but his cross was deflected for a corner. Brady looks like a player of real promise based on this afternoon's performance.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 2 Italy U21
63' - Break in play here for a bit as McCarey needs to tie his shoelaces in the Irish goal. McCarey has appeared in the Airtricity League previously with his native Monaghan United.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 2 Italy U21 60' - Substitution - Irish 'keeper McLoughlin is injured and replaced by Aaron McCarey.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 2 Italy U21
57' - Insigne nearly makes it three after a shot from nothing goes just to the left of the Irish goal.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 2 Italy U21
56' - Immobile from Pescara, received the ball from the left, right in the centre of the goal on the 18 yard line. He dribbled along the edge of the box and turned and shot. His shot bolted along the ground and found it's way into the corner of McLoughlin's goal.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 2 Italy U21 56' - Goal - Ciro Immobile scores for Italy U21.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21 55' - Yellow Card - Rhys Murphy is booked for Republic of Ireland U21.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21
54' - Destro shoots from nothing from 25 yards, and it was very close to flying into the corner of the net, but was just the far side of McLoughlin's post. The Irish keeper was stranded.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21
51' - Great play from Murphy on the left played in Hendrick who marched into the box with the ball at his feet. He jinked into a position where he was just in front of the keeper, but the ball was eventually dispossessed from him by Alessandro Crescenzi.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21
47' - Game has eased back into life after the game. Nothing of note happening in the last two minutes. 
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21 46' - Second Half - Second half has begun! 
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21 45' + 2' - Half Time - And that is that for the first half. Ireland will count themselves unlucky to have conceded that early goal but Italy look as if they could really up the gears if needs be.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21
45' - 2 minutes to be added on here.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21
44' - Eunan O'Kane took it, Duffy rose above everyone else but his header from 6 yards trickled down and bounced nicely into the arms of Bardi.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21
43' - Ireland have a free 30 yards out on the right after Caldirola handled the ball.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21 43' - Yellow Card - Luca Caldirola is booked for Italy U21.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21
41' - This game is still lively, but the chances have died down a bit. Davide Santon went on a run there that reminded me of when Seamus Coleman went bombing down the right touchline just there.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21
37' - Aidan White shows great pace to get the ball ahead of captain Davide Santon, he looked to be fouled but Eli Hacmon just told him to get up.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21
30' - Absolutely beautiful football on show here from the Italians. They look in full control of this game in the Showgrounds while still attacking with real purpose.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21
27' - Brady forces a corner on the right, but his corner comes to nothing but a free kick for the Italians.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21
23' - Some nice interplay from O'Kane and Murphy would have seen a certain goal but for O'Kane's poor delivery into Murphy from the left.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21
21' - Ireland have really sparked to life here, but just can't seem to build properly in the final 3rd. This time, Robbie Brady shoots harmlessly wide from 30 yards.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21
20' - O'Kane fires a low shot from 30 yards, going just wide of Bardi's goal. This is much better from Ireland.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21
19' - O'Kane took it and Richie Towell rose highest in the area. He went to head it, and missed it. The ball dropped before it was cleared.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21
18' - Ireland applying pressure, and have a free from the left, White to take.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21
16' - Eunan O'Kane puts in a free kick from the right, but it's similarly poor and doesn't trouble anything but the ball boys.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21
15' - Some trickery by Immobile and Lorenzo Insigne sees the ball fall to Immobile in the area, but his shot from a glorious opportunity is atrocious.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21
13' - Destro really does look on fire, and he's a class above anything else on the pitch at the moment.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21
11' - Ireland growing into the game here, building some passing moves and holding possession.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21
7' - A lofted through ball from Marco Verratti from the centre circle puts in Mattia Destro in as he beat the offside trap with ease. His touch was almost good enough, but the ball was smothered upon easily by Ian McLoughlin in the Irish goal.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21
7' - A lofted through ball from Marco Verratti from the centre circle puts in Mattia Destro in as he beat the offside trap with ease. His touch was almost good enough, but the ball was smothered upon easily by Ian McLoughlin in the Irish goal.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21
7' - Italy are putting Ireland under severe pressure at the back, giving them no time on the ball at all.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21
6' - A cross from White finds Rhys Murphy in the area, but his shot which was going wide was saved easily anyways by Bardi in the Italian goal.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21
4' - Alessando Florenzi curled to free in from an acute angle, and Duffy sliced the ball into the net with a poor clearance. Debate rages as to whether it was an OG or not, still a poor start from Duffy.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 0 Italy U21 4' - Yellow Card - Shane Duffy picks up a yellow for pulling down Ciro Immobile on the edge of the area after the Italian caught Duffy in possession. 
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 1 Italy U21 3' - Own Goal - Shane Duffy has put the ball in his own net!
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 0 Italy U21 1' - Kick-off - The game is now underway
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 0 Italy U21
1' - A flick on from the head on Aiden White played into Rhys Murphy. Murphy, 20 yards out brought the ball to the left of the area and the move broke down with a poor cross.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 0 Italy U21
1' - Italy to kick off playing into the Shed End,
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 0 Italy U21
0' - Il canto degli Italiani and Amhrán na bhFiann ring out around the Showgrounds, with Knocknarea in the background. It's a beautiful moment.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 0 Italy U21
0' - Afternoon all! The teams are now out on the pitch and meeting the Mayor of Sligo, Rosaleen O'Grady. Rosaleen is indeed the mother of former Ireland U-21 player and Sligo Rovers legend Conor.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 0 Italy U21
0' - Christopher Davey is taking over the updates now, you can tweet him at @christopherdavy and you can still tweet me if you wish, or even @extratimenews, the choice is endless.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 0 Italy U21
0' - Ireland tonight are starting without their top scorer James Collins and are underdogs for tonights' game. However, the Irish Under 21's are unbeaten in the Showgrounds in this qualifying phase, so hopefully that run will continue for tonight.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 0 Italy U21
0' - A win here would be brilliant for Noel King's men. A win would put them on 12 points, the same as Turkey, with two games in hand. Italy are leading the group on 15 points though.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 0 Italy U21
0' - The Showgrounds is filling up nicely here. The railway terrace is currently being dug up and there will be permanent seats there soon. It's a gorgeous day here too.
Republic of Ireland U21 0 - 0 Italy U21
0' - Hi there friends. Jessica Farry here at The Showgrounds in Sligo for the Republic of Ireland under 21s' European qualification game against the Italy under 21s. Teams will be with you shortly. If you want to get in touch just send me a tweet there @jessicafarry. |
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90' + 4' - Full Time - The referee points to the centre circle and the crowd rise to their feet. A truly enjoyable performance from both sides and Ireland unbeaten record in the Showgrounds stands. I'm Christopher Davey and I bid you farewell.