Jim Crawford’s side played out a draw which sees them bow out.
Ireland U21 1 Italy U21 1 THE REPUBLIC OF Ireland U21s have just fallen short in their bid to qualify for the 2025 European Championships.
Any other result would then depend on Norway’s outcome against Turkey. If Norway failed to win, Ireland would then be guaranteed a play-off place. But if Norway won and Ireland only managed a draw against Italy, the sides would finish level on points with Norway progressing to the play-offs by virtue of their better head-to-head record.
Another Irish corner shortly after almost gifted Jim Crawford’s side with the opening goal. A Johnny Kenny was easily gathered by Italian keeper Sebastiano Desplanches. He fumbled the ball back into play though, which Kenny tried to drill into the net, only for his effort to be blocked by Nicolò Bertola.Italy clear off the line again then score on the break through Casadei. Very tough on Ireland after a fine start📱 Updates https://t.co/eee00Wiwdd#U21EURO pic.twitter.
It almost did get worse for Ireland when Baldanzi was brought down by Garcia MacNulty in the box. But Gnonto’s blazed his effort the bar, granting Ireland another touch of grace to keep them in the tie. Italy looked comfortable in dealing with Ireland’s relentless pressing in the early stages of the second half. An inviting free-kick from Matt Healy was the closest they came to troubling the opposition, but there was no Irish shirt rising up to get on the end of it.Andrew Moran brought them halfway there with super finish from the edge of the square in the 66th minute.
Brooks’ brilliant reflexes were required again with four minutes of normal time remaining, getting down in time to deny Daniele Ghilardi.
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