The Sligo Champion

U16s finish with win

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team improve throughout the tournament.

He said: “We played well, considerin­g we conceded five goals in the previous two games. Today, we played more compact and on the counter-attack.

“We limited a very good Turkey side to two attempts in the game. It’s nice to finish the tournament with a win. The team did excellentl­y today defensivel­y. We played three really good teams this week.

The team were a match for Sweden, Austria and today against Turkey, although the results didn’t show it overall. There was very little between all four teams in the tournament,” Osam added.

REPUBLIC of Ireland: Daniel Rose; James Furlong, Conrad Egan-Riley, Luke Turner, Thomas Considine; Joe Hodge, Seamas Keogh, Brandon Holt; Leonardo Gaxha, Festy Ebosele, Sean McGrath.

Substitute­s used: Matt Healy, Cillian Heaney, Conor Carty, Mazeed Ogungbo, Ronan McKinley, Sean Kennedy.

SLIGO/LEITRIM RESULTS

 ??  ?? Seamas Keogh from Grange captain of the Republic of Ireland U16s.
Seamas Keogh from Grange captain of the Republic of Ireland U16s.
 ??  ?? Kate McCarthy and Cara King with the Cup.
Kate McCarthy and Cara King with the Cup.

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