Women U 17 World Cup.

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Ireland kick off tonight against Brazil! Best of luck to the girls.

The Republic of Ireland women's U17 side make history tomorrow (Monday), when they take on Brazil in the FIFA Women's U17 World Cup. It is the first ever FIFA World Cup appearance for a women's team in the Association's history and they will face South
American Champions, Brazil at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Trinidad, tomorrow at 9pm (Irish time).


Ireland will face a tough task in their FIFA World Cup opener, facing the Brazilians who stormed to qualification to the finals, winning all six of their Conmebol Championship games, scoring 41 goals and conceding just three goals in the process. They concluded their South American Championship campaign by thrashing Chile 7-0 in the final. The Brazilians will be looking to erase the memory of their disappointing 2008 World Cup in New Zealand when they surprisingly failed to advance past the group phase. (Denise O'Sullivan - pictured right at Ireland's team hotel in Trinidad.)

Noel King's side go into the game in confident form following their successful training camp in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where they played two games against World Cup finalists, Trinidad and Tobago and New Zealand. While the ‘Girls in Green' were defeated 3-0 by a tricky Trinidad and Tobago team, the Irish bounced back in spectacular fashion by coming from behind against New Zealand to win 2-1.

Speaking ahead of the teams opening World Cup game, Noel King said, "This is a very exciting time for everybody involved in Irish women's football. It is the first ever FIFA Women's World Cup appearance for an Irish women's team at any level and to be facing a team of Brazil's stature is what World Cups are all about. Obviously, Brazil have to be one of the favourites for this tournament. They have won every game in qualifying for this tournament so we will have to be at our very best if we are to challenge them in this group. As a team, we are taking every game as it comes - it would be an extraordinary outcome if we were to get a positive result against the South American champions. You just have to look back on our European Championship campaign - nobody gave us a chance to qualify for the UEFA Finals let alone the FIFA World Cup but the team have shown tremendous resilience, skill and strength to come this far and I know that they will be eager to perform to the best of their abilities on this world stage," he said.


"Historically, Brazil are without doubt the most exciting team in world football at every level. When you go to a World Cup as a player, Brazil are the first team that you would choose to play against and pit yourselves against some of the most exciting players on the world stage. Expectations for our team have heightened following our European Championship campaign but I don't think that we should be classed as favourites for the tournament with teams such as Brazil, Spain, Germany, North and South Korea all leading the way at this level. The attitude of our girls is fantastic, they realise that there is a sense of heightened expectation for the World Cup at home and abroad and while we may not be a favourite for the tournament, none of the girls know their limitations or fear any team in this competition. They will go into every game with confidence that they can perform against the best teams in the world," he added.


FIFA Women's U17 World Cup - Group 4 Fixtures

Republic of Ireland v Brazil
Monday, September 6
Larry Gomes Stadium, Trinidad
Kick-off: 4pm (local time)

Republic of Ireland v Canada
Thursday, September 9
Larry Gomes Stadium, Trinidad
Kick-off: 4pm (local time)

Republic of Ireland v Ghana
Monday September 14
Dwight Yorke Stadium, Tobago
Kick-off: 7pm (local time)

You can watch it online at 9pm tonight on the FIFA website.

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Brazil scored after 4 mins. Didn't see it myself so can't comment on it.

We've have struggled to get possession but we've just had a good attacking move there with the ball going over the bar.

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:eek: Sweet Jesus!

Meghan Campbell has got a throw that Rory Delap would be fierce ****ing proud of!

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Talking to myself here but anywhoo...

Maloney just made an A+++++ save! From point blank range and all!

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Ahem, why are you not on FID?:P


Best of luck to the girls!

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baz2009 wrote: »

Ahem, why are you not on FID?:P


Best of luck to the girls!

I had football training and the website won't load for me at all! Serious problems with it all day today!

We've had a couple of great free kicks swung in but we're very, very slow to react to the loose ball. The girls could do with better positioning...

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We're winning 2-1.:D

Are the Brazilians like their male counterparts?

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The microphone is picking up everything out on the pitch. King is giving out shtink about the ref!

1mcampo1

Is it Gileen? on the left wing? seems to be getting the better of the brazilian right full...

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1mcampo1 wrote: »

Is it Gileen? on the left wing? seems to be getting the better of the brazilian right full...

Siobhán Killeen. Yeah it is. She's doing well, getting a lot of free kicks out of her when she gets on the ball.

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baz2009 wrote: »

We're winning 2-1.:D

Are the Brazilians like their male counterparts?

Keep it up! I still can't get onto the site. :mad:

Ahm, they are neat but not over extravagant.

1mcampo1

mars bar wrote: »

Siobhán Killeen. Yeah it is. She's doing well, getting a lot of free kicks out of her when she gets on the ball.

oh right, my bad! i'd say the heat is something terrible!

nearly two nil as im typing!

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1mcampo1 wrote: »

oh right, my bad! i'd say the heat is something terrible!

nearly two nil as im typing!

It was much hotter earlier on. It's cooled a little but from our girls perspective, it's probably still far too hot!

We got lucky that the Brazilian girl wasn't too tall, or that would have been in the net.

1mcampo1

mars bar wrote: »

It was much hotter earlier on. It's cooled a little but from our girls perspective, it's probably still far too hot!

We got lucky that the Brazilian girl wasn't too tall, or that would have been in the net.

Did the commentator say it was around 30 degrees?

Yeah, id say if she had her hair up she would of scored!

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1mcampo1 wrote: »

Did the commentator say it was around 30 degrees?

Yeah, id say if she had her hair up she would of scored!

Yeah it was 30 degrees at some stage in the day! It's only 4pm there so it's still fairly hot...

Just saw the Brazil goal. Very nice piece of skill to set it up!

1mcampo1

mars bar wrote: »

Yeah it was 30 degrees at some stage in the day! It's only 4pm there so it's still fairly hot...

Just saw the Brazil goal. Very nice piece of skill to set it up!

yep, neat little finish too

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We're just not technical or intelligent enough on the ball.

1mcampo1

true. i dunno how tall we are, but we really should be making the most out of set pieces

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1mcampo1 wrote: »

true. i dunno how tall we are, but we really should be making the most out of set pieces

GGGOOOOAAALLLL!!!


****ing fantastic goal from Siobán Killeen!

Kinda like Keith Fahey's goal the last night...

1mcampo1

...missed it :rolleyes:

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****e. 2 - 1 Brazil from a corner that there was no real need to concede in the first place...

1mcampo1

quality finish though

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1mcampo1 wrote: »

quality finish though

Yeah very nice! But the goals are so big that these type of goals are quite common. Spain's (dubiously) disallowed goal against us in the Euro Elite Cup Final was like that too...


AGH! Why do our girls feel the need to boot the ball out over the line at every chance?!

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Whoah. That was pretty frantic in our box!

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Ah Gorman. Why didn't ya take it on yourself?! Shoulda been a goal for us...

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We lose far too much possession in the middle of the park when there is little to no pressure on us.

1mcampo1

nice play there alright

1mcampo1

is that a straight swap or where do they play, do you know?

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1mcampo1 wrote: »

is that a straight swap or where do they play, do you know?

I'm not too sure to be honest. From seeing matches before, Jarrett is a striker.

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3 mins to claw back a point...

1mcampo1

are brazil the holders? if they are, not bad considering...

1mcampo1

just saw the irish goal, a top drawer finish!

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1mcampo1 wrote: »

are brazil the holders? if they are, not bad considering...

No, Korea are the holders. They are a really good team at U21 level so they have some of the girls from that U17 team. It's only a really new competition held every second year. This is the second competition.

1mcampo1

Oh right yeah. Well i'd say any Brazil team would be decent enough!

Was there qualifiers and all for the tournament?

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1mcampo1 wrote: »

Oh right yeah. Well i'd say any Brazil team would be decent enough!

Was there qualifiers and all for the tournament?

Yeah the Brazilians are fairly handy at it alright! They have a greater intelligence and flair on the pitch. Brazil = Ronaldo. Ireland = Fletcher!

They qualified by getting to the finals of the Euro Elite competition by beating Germany in the semi - final.

1mcampo1

haha! yeah, real easy on the eye to watch!

what was the score in the final v spain?

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1mcampo1 wrote: »

haha! yeah, real easy on the eye to watch!

what was the score in the final v spain?

It finished 0 0 and it went to penalties. The girls got a lesson in how to take a penalty from the Spanish as it finished 4 1!

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mars bar wrote: »

It finished 0 0 and it went to penalties. The girls got a lesson in how to take a penalty from the Spanish as it finished 4 1!

actually think i watched that..! the spanish captain had mad hair altogether!

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1mcampo1 wrote: »

actually think i watched that..! the spanish captain had mad hair altogether!

Yeah I think you did watch it!

Yeah she had pretty crazy hair and she scored the goal that was disallowed.

1mcampo1

must have missed the disallowed goal so...

will the fifa website be showing all the games or just the odd few?

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1mcampo1 wrote: »

must have missed the disallowed goal so...

will the fifa website be showing all the games or just the odd few?

I think they are showing them all if they aren't showing them on the Eurosport channel itself.

1mcampo1

nice one, might watch a few em so! cheers anyway for the heads up bout the whole thing!

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1mcampo1 wrote: »

nice one, might watch a few em so! cheers anyway for the heads up bout the whole thing!

No problem. At least I'm not talking to myself in here!

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Germany are playing South Africa at the moment and it's half time.

The score?

9 - 1 to the Germans!

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It finished 10 1...crappy second half.

Bukman13

Ireland Kicking off against Canada now. A loss and they're effectively out!!!

Link: http://fifa2.feedroom.com/

ColmDawson

Bukman13 wrote: »

Ireland Kicking off against Canada now. A loss and they're effectively out!!!

Link: http://fifa2.feedroom.com/

I've clicked on Ireland vs. Canada but it just plays the Spain-New Zealand match.

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ColmDawson wrote: »

I've clicked on Ireland vs. Canada but it just plays the Spain-New Zealand match.

Yea just click on the Spain V New Zealand Match, same happened to me.

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Yeah happening to me too but it did that with the other match the last day too and it eventually came good. Be persistent!

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Found it!

Click on the Spain v New Zealand link and the Ireland game is on that!

Bukman13

A draw here would be good, provided we beat Ghana next and Brazil win their two last games.