România U21		Ireland U21
CN 14	Tactics	rom
61%	Possession	39%
19%	Play in the half	81%
17	Shots	2
1	Fouls	2
0	Yellow cards	0
0	Red cards	0
1	Offsides	0
62.9	average mark	47.4
excellent	Shooting	adequate
formidable	Passing	solid
excellent	Defending	good

2 minute.
Nicoliţă passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Sopârlă attempts to pass. Floruţ lobs the ball high into the air. Secăreanu approaches the ball. Secăreanu has a fantastic effort at goal. Norman miraculously changed the ball`s trajectory.

12 minute.
Floruţ wins the ball from behind. Floruţ makes a sublime pass. Nicoliţă lobs the ball high into the air. Secăreanu makes a diving header. Norman makes a tremendous dive, but misses the ball.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
România U21 - Ireland U21 1:0

19 minute.
Raţă passes, it`s a high ball. Throw-in. McManus throws the ball in. Eastham approaches the ball. Eastham takes a swing and hits it...
Missed by few inches.

25 minute.
Lin takes over possession. Lin passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Sopârlă approaches the ball. Sopârlă lobs the ball high into the air. Secăreanu rises up and heads the ball. Post!

28 minute.
Lin takes over possession. Lin plays the ball through. Sopârlă approaches the ball. Sopârlă passes, it`s a high ball. Secăreanu rises up and heads the ball. Norman palms the ball clear.

29 minute.
Raţă ineptly catches the ball. Lin plays the ball through. Mihai approaches the ball. Mihai takes a swing and hits it... The ball dips, but not enough, it clips the bar.

33 minute.
Fairclough cleverly intercepts the pass. Fairclough centers. The ball is kicked out of play. Nicoliţă approaches to take the throw-in. He is well-known for his good throws. Floruţ passes, it`s a high ball. Norman palms the ball clear.

35 minute.
Secăreanu ineptly catches the ball. Fairclough plays the ball through. Throw-in. Nicoliţă, swiftly takes the throw-in. Floruţ centers.
It was close.

37 minute.
Sopârlă centers. Secăreanu just manages to reach the ball first. We are going to have another corner. There is a bit of a scramble inside the box. Nicoliţă takes the corner-kick. Mihai rises up and heads the ball. Norman miraculously changed the ball`s trajectory.

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: România U21 19%, Ireland U21 81%.
România U21 - Ireland U21 1:0

46 minute.
Ostaşu comes on to the pitch. Creataro comes on to the pitch. Muntean comes on to the pitch. Micu comes on to the pitch.

50 minute.
Cummins quickly takes the free-kick. Creataro plays the ball off with his head. Nicoliţă approaches the ball. Nicoliţă makes an instep pass. Ostaşu passes, it`s a high ball.
What a tremendous chance!

60 minute.
Micu takes over possession. Conner fouls inside the box. Penalty! Micu was harmed in the clash. Achim comes on to the pitch. Malone comes on to the pitch. Achim will face the keeper in penalty kick. Following a moment of concentration he runs up to the ball. The keeper makes a terrible mistake, losing an easy ball.

77 minute.
Sopârlă makes a sublime pass. Ostaşu attempts to pass. Micu takes over possession. Micu takes a swing and hits it... following a swift pass, Cummins attempts to control the ball. Norman palms the ball clear. Achim takes over possession. Achim has a fantastic effort at goal.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
România U21 - Ireland U21 2:0

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: România U21 20%, Ireland U21 80%.
România U21 - Ireland U21 2:0