Heartbreak for Ireland U-19s

Republic of Ireland 2 Hungary 0

Ireland got the win they set out to collect against Hungary tonight, but their quest to reach the European U-19 Championship was ruined by Germany’s victory against Bulgaria.

Cillian Sheridan put Sean McCaffrey’s side ahead with five minutes left, before James Ryan fired a tremendous second goal on the stroke of full-time.

Ireland needed Germany to drop points against Bulgaria to keep their qualification ambitions intact, but goals from Dennis Schmidt and Sidney Sam inside the first half an hour gave the Germans the result they need to conclude the pool as winner.