Ireland can still seal spot in semis

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND U19 manager Paul Doolin is convinced victory in tomorrow’s last fixture in the pool will seal them a European Championship semi-final spot.

After losing their first chance to secure a place in Friday’s last-four tie when they allowed an interval lead slip against the top seeds Czech Republic on Saturday evening in Mogosoaia, Ireland have another opportunity to secure passage at the expense of bottom side Romania (tomorrow night, 7pm Irish time).

Ireland made their first-half dominance against the Czech Republic count by taking John O’Sullivan’s 10th minute opener into the interval only to succumb midway through the second period to a couple of Czech goals in a two minute spellt.