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Republic of Ireland International Results February 2013

10 February 2013 1,711 views 3 Comments Written by Ronan

GreenScene rounds-up all the Republic of Ireland international friendly results from the last week from Under-19 to Senior level.

Republic of Ireland 2-0 Poland
Giovanni Trapattoni’s senior side got 2013 off to an impressive start with a 2-0 friendly win against fellow European Championship finalists Poland. The visitors brought some exciting names to the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, as well as many red-and-white clad supporters. After a nervy start where Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewnadowski looked a handful, Ireland settled into the game, and led at the break thanks to Ciaran Clark’s first international goal, firing in from a corner. Both sides made a number of changes in the second-half, with Trapattoni’s alterations proving more successful as substitutes Jeff Hendrick and Wes Hoolahan teamed up for an exquisite goal. Hendrick came off the bench for his debut, while the tireless Conor Sammon did well on his first cap up front, with Richard Keogh also making a first Irish appearance late on.

Rep of Ireland: David Forde, Paul McShane, John O’Shea, Ciaran Clark (Richard Keogh 84), Greg Cunningham, Robbie Brady (Jon Walters 71), James McCarthy (Jeff Hendrick 71), Glenn Whelan (Paul Green 46), James McClean (Simon Cox 81), Shane Long (Wes Hoolahan 62), Conor Sammon.
Subs not used: Keiren Westwood, Stephen Ward, Kevin Doyle, Andy Keogh, Alex Pearce, Stephen Henderson.
Booked: McCarthy.
Goals: Clark 35, Hoolahan 76.

Poland: Boruc (Szczesny 46), Perquis, Glik, Boenisch (Wasilewski 46), Wawrzyniak, Lukasik (Mierzejewski 77), Krychowiak, Blaszczykowski, Obraniak (Milik 60), Pawlowski (Grosicki 46), Lewandowski.
Subs not used: Komorowski, Celeban, Borysiuk, Wszolek, Broz, Sobiech, Kazmierczak, Tyton.
Booked: Glik, Obraniak.

Attendance: 43,112.
Referee: Sebastien Delferiere (Belgium).

Republic of Ireland under-21s 3-0 Netherlands under-21s
Noel King’s under-21 side started their preparations for the upcoming Euro 2015 qualifying campaign with an impressive display against a dogged Dutch side at the Tallaght Stadium on Wednesday. With most of the first-choice Holland u21 squad in Croatia for another friendly, King’s side were matched with an experimental Oranje squad, called the Beloftenelftal. However, the Dutch did have a few impressive youngsters in the squad, such as NAC Breda striker Alex Schalk, who has played 33 Eredivisie games so far at the age of 20. The Dutch captain hit the post in the third minute, but Ireland battled hard and took the lead through Aiden O’Brien. Millwall forward O’Brien looked very sharp for the Boys in Green, and capped his debut with a second goal just before half-time. Anthony Forde added the final goal in the second-half, after being felled in the area.

Republic of Ireland: Aaron McCarey (Sean McDermott 46); Matt Doherty (Joe Shaughnessy 46), Derrick Williams (Anthony O’Connor 46), Shane Duffy, Sean McGinty (Carl McHugh 46); Anthony Forde, Kane Ferdinand (John O’Sullivan 35), Samir Carruthers (Frankie Sutherland 46), Callum Reilly (Cian Bolger 64), Sean Murray; Aiden O’Brien (Chris Forrester 56).

Netherlands: Stefan van der Lei (Hobie Verhulst 46); Mike te Wierik, Timo Letschert (Joel Veltman 46), Ted van de Pavert (Stefano Denswil 46), Nick Bakker (Peter van Ooijen 46); Luciano Slagveer (Jodu Lukoki 46), Jesper Drost, Kevin Jansen, Stanley Elbers; Alex Schalk (Arsenio Valpoort 46), Hakim Ziyech.

Referee: Mervyn Smith (Northern Ireland).

Republic of Ireland under-19s 2-1 Czech Republic under-19s
In the first of two games against the Czech u19s, Paul Doolin’s side held off a Czech comeback to win 2-1 at Flancare Park in Longford. St. Patrick’s Athletic midfielder Ryan Coombes opened the scoring by driving home Paul George’s cross, before Kenny McEvoy doubled the lead before the break, heading in from Mikey Drennan. The Czechs pulled one back in the second half after Steve Smith gave away a penalty. Ian Lawlor did well to keep out František Liška’s attempt, but could not stop the rebound.

Republic of Ireland: Ian Lawlor; Ryan McConnell, Shane Griffin, Thomas Hoban, Steven Smith, Kealan Dillon, Kenneth McEvoy, Darragh Lenihan, Ryan Coombes, Paul George, Michael Drennan.
Substitutions: Luke Gallagher for Dillon 56 mins; Sean Maguire for Coombes 56; Brandon Meile for Lenihan 64; Sam Byrne for George 64.

Czech Republic: Josef Řehák; Stefan Simič, Jan Filip, Petr Nerad, Jan Shejbal, Aleš Čermák, Michal Trávník, František Liška, Matěj Hýbl, Oldřich Byrtus, Jan Štěrba.
Substitutions: Roman Wermke for Byrtus 46, Ondřej Karafiát for Simič 46; Dominik Mašek for Trávník 68; Václav Jurečka for Liška 68; Petr Ševčik for Shejbal 82.

Referee: Ray Matthews.

Republic of Ireland under-19s 1-1 Czech Republic under-19s
The second under-19 game of the week was meant to take place in Athlone, but had to be moved to Flancare Park because of a waterlogged pitch. Doolin’s side was much-changed for the second tie, and provided an entertaining spectacle for the small group of supporters. Václav Jurečka opened the scoring with a penalty after Irish captain Pierce Sweeney went in too hard on Petr Ševčik. Sam Byrne continued his impressive youth form for Ireland, and grabbed the equaliser just after the interval, heading in Adam Evans’ cross. Sweeney almost made amends for his earlier mistake moments later, but was denied by the crossbar after a nice ball in from the exciting Kieran Sadlier.

Republic of Ireland: Danny Rogers; Jason Keane, Bradley Garmston, Pierce Sweeney (c), Steven Smith, Kieran Sadlier, Brandon Miele, Luke Gallagher, Sam Byrne, Sean Maguire, Adam Evans.
Substitutions: Kenneth McEvoy for Maguire 42 mins; Ryan McConnell for Keane 55; Paul George for Evans 76; Kealan Dillon for Miele 83.

Czech Republic: Jan Kotnour; Jan Filip, Ondřej Karafiát, Aleš Čermák (c), Dominik Mašek, Václav Jurečka, Michal Trávník, Matěj Hýbl, Petr Ševčik, Jan Štěrba, Roman Wermke.
Substitutions: Petr Nerad for Ševčik 46; Jan Shejbal for Wermke 46; František Liška for Jurečka 72; Oldřich Byrtus for Ševčik 77; Stefan Simič for Mašek 88.

Referee: Brendan Kelly.

3 Comments »

Propagandhi said:

Are you sure you should be doing this, Ronan? Titsujin might get angry. He’s the only football fan who is allowed compile statistics.

# 10 February 2013 at 1:23 pm

John said:

That under 19 age group looks promising. Lawlor, Baba, Hoban, Sweeney, McConnel, Gamrnston, McEvoy, Byrne, Maguire, Drennan, George. Hopefully a good number can make the step up.

# 17 February 2013 at 7:42 pm

IrishRI said:

Ian Harte tell it like it is…finally someone grows some balls.

His children’s classmates know who he is now and so, too, does Giovanni Trapattoni, although Harte is adamant that the Italian was slow to learn of his identity. Earlier this month, Harte caused a stir when he used his Twitter account to let people know what he thought of his country’s manager.

The catalyst was a flurry of queries asking if he had retired from international football. In the space of 140 characters, Harte emphatically confirmed it wasn’t the case, while repeating his 2011 claim that the Italian didn’t even know he was Irish when another player inquired if the 63-times capped World Cup 2002 squad member was in his thoughts.

“That’s 100pc true. He didn’t have a clue I was Irish. I’m not just saying that. He blatantly wasn’t aware.”

So that’s why he called Trapattoni a clown? “I tweeted what I did out of frustration,” Harte says. “I’m not for one minute saying that I should be in the team. I just think that with my experience, what I’ve done in my career, and where I’m playing at the moment – in the Premier League, against the best footballers in the world – then I should be given a chance. That’s all I’ve wanted – a chance.”

His anger with the Trapattoni regime extends far beyond his own situation – he is keen to stress that point. The more he talks about the overall picture, the more it annoys him.

He watched Euro 2012 in a Sky Sports studio and struggled to find the appropriate words to sum up his disappointment. “I didn’t want to be criticising the lads,” he sighs. “But where could you find positives? It was men versus boys. We’d lost everything we had under Mick McCarthy. We used to rattle teams, get in their faces and make it horrible for them but we lacked all of those qualities. It’s not the players’ fault. It’s the system that has been drilled into them and the team that the manager picked. He should have gone after that.

“I’m a passionate Irishman and I just think it’s killing Irish football at the moment. He’s stuck in his ways, and he seems to have his favourite XI and if they’re fit, they will play, no matter how they are doing at their clubs. The other lads that are doing well for their clubs? What do they have to do to get the opportunity?

“It’s not only me. Alex Pearce is playing Premier League football (with Reading) and the manager decides to go and pick someone like Darren O’Dea, who is playing in the American league.

“Something has happened with Shane Long; he should have started in the Euros. He’s been unbelievable for West Brom and he’s hardly been given a sniff. Playing Simon Cox on the wing? What’s he doing playing a striker on the wing? There have been problems with other players too.”

That brings him onto the subject of Stephen Kelly, his new Reading colleague, who felt the force of a public Trapattoni dressing-down in the aftermath of the Poland game earlier this month. With reference to a row ahead of the Faroe Islands game in October, the Italian insinuated that Kelly was seeking demands that he would start before reporting for international duty. It prompted the mild-mannered Dubliner to release a furious statement accusing Trapattoni of defaming his character. The FAI also took a dim view of the manager’s comments and Harte is unequivocal on the matter. In his mind, it should be the final straw.

“It’s a joke,” he says. “I’ve seen Stephen Kelly’s phone, pretty much every one of the Reading lads have seen it, and we’re thinking: ‘What’s going on’? If the press were to see the full text, that would be the end of Trap. That would be the end of Giovanni Trapattoni.

“Stephen has a text from Trapattoni saying, ‘We’re going to rest you and bring young lads into the squad.’

“Stephen says: ‘Well, I’m a bit disappointed, I would love to come over and play in the game, but I understand if you want to do that, you’re the manager. I accept your decision. I want to come and play.’

“Stephen was told a young lad would be playing and then he puts Paul McShane at right-back. He (Kelly) is devastated and then the manager comes out and says what he does in the press. It’s hard for Stephen to respond because he’s pretty much digging his own grave.

“Disagreements happen in dressing-rooms. Players can fall out with managers. People get on the phone or meet up and sort it out, nip it in the bud. It doesn’t need to come out in the press. It’s forgotten about. But this thing with Stephen? It’s crazy.

“Look,” he continues, “you look at what Trapattoni has done in his career and all the trophies he’s won and you can’t question that. It’s an amazing record. But we are where we are. That’s the past.

“When I was in League One, people weren’t talking about the fact I’d played in the Champions League. And I couldn’t make an argument for being in the Ireland squad then. Things have changed for me over the past couple of years and you’ve got to move with the times. He should have gone after Euro 2012 and given someone else a chance, but then I don’t know if it would have cost too much money to pay him off. I just think people need to start standing up to this. It’s a disgrace what’s happening.”

# 18 February 2013 at 3:34 pm