16's draw second game in Slovakia
- Written by Ross Redman
- Published in U16 victory shield
Slovakia v Northern Ireland – U16 Schoolboys
Thursday 8th September 2016 – TNC Stadium Senec, 11.00 am
Match Report
Northern Ireland Under 16s draw second game in Slovakia
The Northern Ireland U16 team maintained its unbeaten record for the season with another creditable 1-1 draw in their international challenge match against Slovakia in Senec. The opening period was evenly contested and the first chance fell to Callum Ferris after 17 minutes but the striker failed to connect with a great pass from Dean Corrigan and the Slovak keeper was quickly off his line to avert the danger.
Shortly afterwards Ferris did test the keeper with a shot into the top corner which was well held. Slovakia then missed a great chance to break the deadlock but Michal Dopater shot straight at Scott Pengelly with only the keeper to beat.
Two minutes after the restart Dominik Bindics opened the scoring, running onto a pass from Patrik Myslovic to beat Pengelly with a low drive into the corner of the net.
The lead proved to be short lived as Jordan McEneff equalised with a brilliant goal 5 minutes later. The Northern Ireland captain won the ball in midfield and advanced 10 yards before planting a left foot strike into the roof of the net.
Northern Ireland went close to gaining a victory in the closing stages but Barney McKeown headed against a defender when well placed and Lee O'Brien saw his 25 yard piledriver deflected past the post.
The Under 16 team will be hoping to maintain their unbeaten run when they face Finland at Comber on Monday 12 September, kick off 6.00 pm, and again at Knockbreda on Wednesday, kick off 11.00 am.
FULL-TIME: Slovakia 1-1 Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Team
Scott Pengelly, Jake Corbett, Barney McKeown, Jack Conlon, Jordan McEneff (c), Callum Ferris, Lee O'Brien, Paul McAdorey, Sean og Gallagher, Dean Corrigan, Jack Scott
Substitutes:
George Curran replaced O'Brien 47 minutes
Lee Upton replaced Gallagher 47 minutes
Christopher Conn replaced Scott 58 minutes
Tyler Marsden replaced McKeown 58 minutes
O'Brien replaced McEneff 76 minutes
