Reilly features for ROI in friendly tournament

SLIGO Rovers’ Darragh Reilly featured in all three games for the Republic of Ireland Under 15s in their three-game international friendly tournament in Spain.

The Republic of Ireland Under-15s drew 1-1 with Spain in their opening match of an International Tournament in Spain, before the hosts won a developmental penalty shootout 4-1.

Reilly played the full opening game, before coming on as a second-half substitute in the second game of the tournament.

Jason Donohue’s side drew 2-2 with the Netherlands in the second match in Spain’s Pinatar Arena, before the Dutch won a developmental penalty shoot-out 4-2.

In the final game of the tournament, Republic of Ireland Under-15s secured an impressive 3-0 victory over Hungary.

Darragh Reilly started that game before being replaced in the second-half.

“It’s a fantastic victory for the players who deserve tremendous credit for their efforts

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throughout the week,” said U-15 Head Coach Donohue.

“We set a goal before the game to treat this like a qualification scenario and that we needed a 3-0 victory to qualify for the next tournament. The players were really pushing in the end to get that third goal so it’s great for their education as it’s important they learn about qualifying for tournaments for when they get older.

“The players have been well organised throughout the week and performed excellently in every match. Spain are the best U15 side I’ve ever seen and we matched them in normal time so it shows that there is some talent in the group.

“I want to thank all of the staff for their hard work throughout the week and the work continues when we return. We’ve got on-going assessments ahead of the next game against Cyprus in March.”

Republic of Ireland: Aaron Maguire, Tommy Fogerty (Aaron O’Reilly 61), John Ryan (C) (Craig King 61), Ben Curtis (Glory Nzingo 53), Luke McGlynn, Conor Campbell (Cian Kelly 36), Michael Leddy (Ciaran O’Sullivan 53), John Joe Power (Jamie Mullins 53), Darragh Reilly (Edwin Agabje 53), Ben Quinn (Evan Ferguson 53), Sean Grehan.

Hungary: Matyas Kiraly, Dominik Kovacs, Bendeguiz Farkas (C), Istvan Pekar, Engelbert Folding, Zsombor Gruber (Dominik Kocsis 36), Noel Keresztes (Akos Tarcson 55), Renato Ulbert, Laszlo Kiss, Kevin Molnar (Balazs Bakti 55), Zoltan Vasvari (Daniel Nagy Kolozsvari 36). Referee: Marcos Navarro Quinonero (Spain). Results - International U15 Tournament 30/1: Republic of Ireland 1-1 Spain (1-4 pens), Pinatar Arena

1/2: Republic of Ireland 2-2 Netherlands (2-4 pens), Pinatar Arena

3/2: Republic of Ireland 2-0 Hungary, Pinatar Arena