Ferdy grabs last five as Republic of Ireland Under-19's beat Greece

Last updated : 21 July 2011 By westfield shrimper

Kane Ferdinand
Kane Ferdinand: Another Irish call-up has taken him to sunny Romania

Teenager Kane Ferdinad received the call to join the Republic of Ireland once again for the Under-19 European Championships which sadly, well maybe not for him, has taken him out of the Shrimpers pre-season schedule.

Anyway, the tournament takes place in Romania and the Republic of Ireland kicked off their campaign on the opening day against Greece, before further group games against the Czech Republic and, a tough one here, hosts Romania.

And, as it happens, the young lad grabbed a cap, oh OK, just to do a holding job with five minutes to go with the Irish 2-1 up, but what the hell, well done Kane, another cap in the pocket, and I'm sure your agent is adding another zero to what she thinks your worth.

The boys in green will play the Czech Republic this Saturday at 17.00 knowing that a win will be enough to secure qualification into the semi-finals.

Good luck mate.

For the full report go here: www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=101919:oconnor-double-secures-win-for-irish-u19s&catid=4:under-19&Itemid=12

Teams:

Republic of Ireland: Aaron McCarey, Matthew Doherty, Derrick Williams, John Egan, Anthony O'Connor, Jeff Hendrick, Samir Carruthers, John O'Sullivan, Conor Murphy, Anthony Forde, Sean Murray.

Substitutes: Sean McDermott, Kevin Knight, Kane Ferdinand (on for John O'Sullivan, 85 mins), Eoin Wearen, Declan Walker, Joe Shaughnessy (on for Derrick Williams, 80 mins), Connor Smith (on for Conor Murphy 78 mins).

Greece: Kapino, Stafylidis, Lagos, Potouridis, Mavrias, Fortounis, Karelis, Marinakis, Rougalas, Diamanatakos, Katidis.

Substitutes: Kaldelis, Skondras, Stamogiannos, Kotsaridis, Bakasetas, Bouzas, Kolovos.

Referee: Pawel Gil (Poland)y Line Up
Referee: Pawel Gil (Poland)