Arsenal’s highly-rated teen star Marcus Agyei-Tabi has become the latest player to defect from Ireland to England.

As they once again failed to take their chances, Tom Mohan’s young Ireland could have no complaints as a sublime goal from Marcus Edwards saw their journey at these Uefa U17 Championships in Bulgaria emphatically ended.

Italy 2 Ireland 0: Italy taught the Republic of Ireland a harsh lesson on how to finish at the Beroe Stadium yesterday to leave Irish hopes of reaching the quarter-finals of these Uefa Under-17 Championships in Bulgaria hanging in the balance.

Ireland 0 Holland 0: It was a game they could have lost heavily; at the finish, a match they might even have won.