Ireland U21s go down to Portugal

Portugal U-21 2 Republic of Ireland U-21 0

The striker opened the scoring after 16 minutes when he headed home a cross from winger Ricardo Quaresma, who twisted and turned his way past Michael Timlin on the right flank.

Their second arrived just after the half-hour mark in controversial circumstances when Quaresma's lofted pass put the offside Almeida through and he made no mistake from close range.

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