IRELAND ARE THROUGH to the quarter-finals of the Uefa U17 Championship after a 2-0 win over Bosnia & Herzegovina this afternoon.
With one win and one loss at the tournament going into their final group match, Colin O’Brien’s team just needed to avoid defeat at St George’s Park to progress to the knockout stages.
However, Tottenham forward Troy Parrott put them in front with a super free-kick on 69 minutes — his second goal of the competition.
Parrott then turned provider on 84 minutes as Norwich City striker Adam Idah added a second with the final kick of the game.
Ireland face the Netherlands in the last eight on Monday.
Republic of Ireland: Corcoran; Ledwidge, McEntee; Collins ©, Connell (Murphy 58); Knight, Brennan (Thompson 64), Coffey, O’Reilly; Wright (Walsh 75), Idah, Parrott.
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Kacavenda; Muminovic (Đokanović 46), Rankic, Voloder, Islamovic; Nikolic, Mehic; Hasic, Saric (Bačevac 58), Stanic; Memisevic.
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (TUR)
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