Ireland U21		Cuba U21
Cuba1	Tactics	Il Modello 433
48%	Possession	52%
56%	Play in the half	44%
4	Shots	10
2	Fouls	1
1	Yellow cards	0
0	Red cards	0
0	Offsides	1
52.9	average mark	55.5
good	Shooting	solid
solid	Passing	solid
very good	Defending	excellent

5 minute.
Llorente attempts to pass. Cepero approaches the ball. Deegan just manages to reach the ball first. Cepero cleverly intercepts the pass. Cepero shoots.
Missed by few inches.

21 minute.
Fuentes de la Roca ineptly catches the ball. Murphy cleverly intercepts the pass. Murphy lobs the ball high into the air. Chandler takes over possession. Chandler takes a swing and hits it... Carrera palms the ball clear. MacGilvernock tries to claim a difficult ball. Santos takes over possession. MacGilvernock trips an opponent. That`s a foul! MacGilvernock is cautioned.

28 minute.
Llorente wins the ball from behind. Llorente plays the ball through. Santos takes over possession. Fuentes de la Roca just manages to reach the ball first. Fuentes de la Roca passes, it`s a high ball. The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers!

37 minute.
Murphy just manages to reach the ball first. Murphy lobs the ball high into the air. Núñez plays the ball off with his head. Santos just manages to reach the ball first. Santos shoots.
Missed by few inches.

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: Ireland U21 54%, Cuba U21 46%.
None of the teams have managed to break the deadlock - the game remains closely poised!
Ireland U21 - Cuba U21 0:0

46 minute.
following a swift pass, Rivas attempts to control the ball. Núñez attempts to pass. Llorente attempts to pass. Cepero just manages to reach the ball first. Cepero has a fantastic effort at goal. English palms the ball clear. Fuentes de la Roca approaches the ball.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Ireland U21 - Cuba U21 0:1

59 minute.
Cepero takes over possession. Carthy cleverly intercepts the pass. Fennely takes over possession. Fuentes de la Roca just manages to reach the ball first. Fuentes de la Roca takes a swing and hits it...
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Ireland U21 - Cuba U21 0:2

60 minute.
Moran comes on to the pitch. Calero comes on to the pitch. Minnerup comes on to the pitch. Hoey comes on to the pitch.

61 minute.
Moran plays the ball off with his head. Here comes Vargas, having a little trouble catching the ball. Núñez just manages to reach the ball first. Chandler cleverly intercepts the pass. Chandler shoots. Carrera palms the ball clear.
It was close.

65 minute.
The ball is kicked out of play. Águila comes on to the pitch.

66 minute.
Arce centers. Calero attempts to pass. Here comes Hoey, having a little trouble catching the ball. Águila just manages to reach the ball first. Águila shoots. The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers!

70 minute.
The ball is kicked out of play. Carmenate comes on to the pitch.

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: Ireland U21 58%, Cuba U21 42%.
Ireland U21 - Cuba U21 0:2