Women U 17 World Cup.

Mars Bar

Yeah it would. We should be one up though, Killeen had way more time on the ball with that shot.

Bukman13

Simpson is the best player on the pitch, she is breaking up everything in midfield and is good on the ball. I reckon our best chance at scoring is through a set piece.

Mars Bar

Bukman13 wrote: »

Simpson is the best player on the pitch, she is breaking up everything in midfield and is good on the ball. I reckon our best chance at scoring is through a set piece.

Yeah she is really good. Meghan Campbell's throws are quality!

Bukman13

Killeen get in....

nice assist from the ref haha

Mars Bar

What a goal!! Siobhan Killeen with a wonderful strike!

Bukman13

13mins to hold out!!!

S.R.F.C.

Kinger sent off!

Mars Bar

Hah, g'man Noel!

Hear the lads singing O Canada!

Savage tackle by Kovac though...

Bukman13

Huge save from Moloney there...

Damm, should have wrapped it up at the other end, great tackle to be fair.

Bukman13

FT 1-0 great result.

Even a 1-0 loss to Ghana may be enough to put us through, depending on goal difference.

Mars Bar

Brilliant result for Ireland!

pjmn

Great win - super strike for the goal.

The_Kew_Tour

Great result

Well done girls,

What was score in Canada v Ghana game in Irelands group on first round does anyone know?

Bukman13

adrian280582 wrote: »

Great result

Well done girls,

What was score in Canada v Ghana game in Irelands group on first round does anyone know?

1-0

Mars Bar

If Ghana beat Brazil later, it'll be down to the wire in the group!

Bukman13

mars bar wrote: »

If Ghana beat Brazil later, it'll be down to the wire in the group!

But if Brazil spank both Canada and Ghana in their last two games, then were in the quarters regardless (barring a ridiculous result for us against Ghana).

Which will probably be Spain by the looks of things.

Bukman13

:eek: Ghana 1-0.

Terrible goalkeeping.

Mars Bar

Very nearly 1 - 1. I hate the way the goalkeeping does be so poor...

...or at least looks poor because of the huge goals.

Mars Bar

The Ghana girls, suffering from cramps in from the 60th minute, managed to hold out for a draw. They literally throw their bodies in front of the Brazilians and their tackling is brilliant if borderline dangerous at times! Referee was cat though.
It means a lot to them to get a win, some are practically crying on the pitch.

I hope we beat them.

Bukman13

Here are the various scenarios for their final Group D game.

Ireland beat Ghana -

Brazil and Canada draw - Ireland 1st

Brazil beats Canada by less than Ireland's margin of victory over Ghana - Ireland 1st

Brazil beats Canada by the same or more than Ireland's margin of victory over Ghana - Ireland 2nd

Canada beat Brazil by the same or less than Ireland's margin of victory over Ghana Ireland 1st

Canada beat Brazil by more than Ireland's margin of victory over Ghana - Ireland 2nd

Ireland draw against Ghana -

Brazil beat Canada - Ireland 2nd

Canada beat Brazil - Ireland 2nd

Brazil and Canada draw,

Equal-scoring draws - Ireland 2nd

If Ghana and Republic of Ireland are in a higher-scoring draw than Brazil and Canada. - Ireland 1st

If Brazil and Canada are in a higher-scoring draw (by at least two goals per side) than Ireland and Ghana. - Ireland 3rd.

If Brazil and Canada are in a higher-scoring draw (by only one goal per side) than Ireland and Ghana. - Ireland 2nd

Ireland lose against Ghana - They're out.

Mars Bar

That's a lot to take in!

Basically, beat Ghana is the moral there.

Ghana match is gonna be really tough.

Bukman13

mars bar wrote: »

That's a lot to take in!

Basically, beat Ghana is the moral there.

Ghana match is gonna be really tough.

If we draw, the only way we can be knocked out is if the Brazil v Canada match is a higher scoring draw by two or more goals.

i.e

Ireland 1-1 Ghana & Brazil 3-3 Canada would put us out.

It would be great if we could top the group, it would mean avoiding Spain.

Mars Bar

Ah I see. It would be great to avoid Spain.

If we can get Siobhan Killeen to take long, hard shots at the goalkeeper and have O' Sullivan rushing in to put pressure on the keeper, we should get some result from it. The Ghana keeper is very bad at holding the ball from crosses and shots. She palms them down and then gets the ball.

Bukman13

The Ghana forwards are all very quick, the one thing that was a problem in the Canada match was the lack of pace at the back, we were fairly lucky that Canada didn't punish that.

Ghana have to score to have any chance of getting through so I wouldn't mind seeing us sitting back and hitting them on the counter, this would also mean that the back 4 won't be exposed to the pace of the forwards.

Best result in the other match would be for Canada to win 1-0.

Mars Bar

Bukman13 wrote: »

The Ghana forwards are all very quick, the one thing that was a problem in the Canada match was the lack of pace at the back, we were fairly lucky that Canada didn't punish that.

Ghana have to score to have any chance of getting through so I wouldn't mind seeing us sitting back and hitting them on the counter, this would also mean that the back 4 won't be exposed to the pace of the forwards.

Best result in the other match would be for Canada to win 1-0.

Yeah Ghana forwards are very quick.

Byrne has a bit of pace on her from what I saw in the Canada match. I'd have her watching the runners anyway.

pickarooney

Ghana beat Brazil, yeah?
So it's everyone on a win and a draw going into the last match tonight?

LiamMc

pickarooney wrote: »

Ghana beat Brazil, yeah?
So it's everyone on a win and a draw going into the last match tonight?

A Win and a Loss each.

All four teams goal difference is 0 (zero) but I don't know if it's head-to-head criteria first before goal difference.

Mars Bar

Eurosport aren't showing this on the TV (which is annoying as they've only shown one of our games live yet and it's one of the most interesting groups now). They have a love for showing Spain.

From the website:
The stat
3 – the number of points each of the four teams in Group D have heading into the final matchday of the section. It’s a matter of win and go through for Brazil, the lively Irish, sturdy Canada and African upstarts Ghana. On the other side of the coin, a loss means a ticket home while draws would make the outlook a complicated math problem.

digme

http://fifa2.feedroom.com/

all the matches are shown here in high quality

I enjoyed nigeria v chile last night on the site.

Colm_purchase

digme wrote: »

http://fifa2.feedroom.com/

all the matches are shown here in high quality

I enjoyed nigeria v chile last night on the site.

The above link working for anyone? Im just getting 'live action coming here soon'
Any other links anyone?

Bukman13

Colm_purchase wrote: »

The above link working for anyone? Im just getting 'live action coming here soon'
Any other links anyone?

Game doesn't start for another 20mins. It will probably pop up when the game is about to kick off.

Mars Bar

And we have kick off!

C'mon the girls in green! The Spain v Canada game is live on Eurosport.

Bukman13

Get in

1-0

Campbell free kick.

Mars Bar

CAMPBELL!

What a fucking free kick.

Bukman13

mars bar wrote: »

The Ghana keeper is very bad at holding the ball from crosses and shots. She palms them down and then gets the ball.

Great shout!!!

Bukman13

Brazil 1-0 up

As it stands

Brazil 1st
Ireland 2nd

Mars Bar

Jaysus, If I heard "Ellen Coleman" had to come off, I'd think it was an Irish girl coming off!

Mars Bar

I think we are so used to being a defense and counter attack team, we don't really know how to not panic in and around the box. A couple of times there where there was a lot more time to get the ball across the box rather than just belting it at the goal.

Whoever finishes 1st plays Japan who hammered New Zealand 6 0 earlier today. Either way, the next tie will not be easy if we get through to the next round.

Johner

2-0 good goal. Shocking defending though.

PCPhoto

gooooal 2-0

Bukman13

Terrible defending...But we'll take it, super finish.

Mars Bar

2 0!!!

What were the goalkeeper and the defense at?! Bloody hell!

PCPhoto

ghana passing like a bunch of schoolkids (oh wait !!!)

Johner

Definite peno, silly silly tackle.

Mars Bar

Penalty against us, nuts.

Johner

What a terrible penalty.

Mars Bar

She missed! :eek:




Seeing the replay, her technique was terrible! If you bend your knee like that, it's gonna go all over the shop.

Bukman13

Huge miss!!!

Mars Bar

What a save from Maloney. Can't wait for half time. Too much defending for us to do here!

Johner

Going to be alot of defending to do second half although Ireland will be dangerous on the counter.