After attending Wembley twice in the past year as a mere bystander, Corkman John Egan is two games away from becoming an active participant at English football’s biggest stage.

IRELAND’S U19s last night forgot about Tuesday’s hammering by Serbia as they won the second game of this week’s double-header friendly in Belgrade.

IRELAND’S U19s will step up preparations for tomorrow’s European Championship semi-final against tournament favourites Spain (kick-off 6:45pm) after yesterday’s rest-day in Bucharest.