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Czech Republic

  • Jankulovski 15’

Rep. Ireland

  1. Ten man Ireland lose to Czechs

    Ten man Ireland lose to Czechs

    Ireland's hopes of qualifying for Euro 2008 suffered a huge blow when they lost 1-0 to the Czech Republic in Prague. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Czech Republic
    • Rep. Ireland
    • 90+4 And that is the final whistle! The Czech Republic beat ten-man Ireland, Wales definitely cannot qualify and Ireland are almost out.
    • 90+3 Ireland again go close, with Given up for this corner, but the Czechs scramble it clear.
    • 90+2 Ireland should have scored! Bodies forward and McShane was in space but he sliced his shot, behind for a corner though....
    • 90' The ref starts to show a second yellow card to Jankulovski for dissent and then backtracks. Curious decision, terrible refereeing - unless the fourth official incorrectly recorded his first half booking.
    • 88' Keane is booked for a little afters wit Kovac, no harm done between the players but the ref takes action.
    • 88' The Czechs are in and Baros must score but he fluffs the finish, blocked by Given then lobbed back in but away by Dunne... still with the Czechs and Given with another save!
    • 86' Jankulovski into Baros who turns and shoots but it's blocked and spins up in the air and down into Given's arms.
    • 84' Sivok gets a yellow for kicking Doyle in the face, he did not mean it but the foot was high.
    • 82' IRELAND SUB: Lee Carsley is sacrified for Andy Keogh, the young Wolves striker....
    • 81' Polak goes down after clashing with Dunne on the edge of the box but nothing given. Ireland break now, Long on the edge of the box but poot control and Jankulovski clears.
    • 80' Jankulovksi with a shot from 30 yards but straight at Given.
    • 79' So, Reid over the ball, there are several Ireland players making a mischief in the Czech wall... but Reid fires straight into the wall.
    • 78' Free-kick given away by Sivok, about 30 yards out, Reid is over it....
    • 75' CZECH SUB: Vlcezk on for Sionko.
    • 74' So Ireland down to nine men for now as Dunne gets treatment. But he comes back on and the Czechs make a change too...
    • 73' Dunne is led off with what appears to be a cut eyebrow and mild concussion.
    • 71' Another free kick in a similar position, Reid lofts it in and Dunne goes up with Sivok but Dunne goes down holding his head.
    • 70' Free-kick to Ireland, Reid to take it, they are pushing for something here... he lofts it in AND CECH DROPS IT AND MCSHANE BUT OFF THE LINE BY ROZHENAL! Should have been the equaliser.
    • 66' Baros is in trouble but the ref calms it down, he was yelling at Keane for not kicking the ball out of play... although it was McShane who was down. What is up with the Czechs, do they not know the rules or are they deliberately trying to wind Ireland up? I reckon they're being clever...
    • 64' Ireland almost strike back immediately! Doyle is in on the left and he drills it across goal and inches wide with Long sliding in!
    • 63' IRELAND SUB: Shane Long on for Aidan McGeady. Question - why are football refs so easy to con? Are they homogenously thick? I watch a fair bit of rugby and they hardly ever make mistakes. Oh, hang on, that's because rugby refs are all ex-players.
    • 61' Hunt fouls Rosicky, the crowd are baying for blood, Hunt went in hard but it wasn't that bad, he got the ball but the momentum carried him through but the ref bought the corwd reaction and he's off. Rubbish refereeing.
    • 59' Carsley chasing back and McShane and Carsley going for it but Baros trips McShane sending him into Carsley and that looks pretty nasty... yellow card for Baros, with whom Carsley is furious. And Baros is the third Czech player out of the Germany game now.
    • 57' Sionko on the ball, the Czechs in space on the break, he shoots but blocked by McShane INTO THE PATH OF ROSICKY WHO MUST SCORE BUT BRILLIANT REFLEX SAVE BY GIVEN! Corner.
    • 53' There's an injury to Sivok, who seems winded, and the crowd are booing because the ball isn't put out but he eventually blows... the Ireland fans now boo as he comes straight back on the pitch. Lame.
    • 50' Rosicky and Jankulovski over this... and it's Jankulovski but too near Given who holds on easily.
    • 49' Baros on the edge of the box and a desperate tackle from Dunne gives away a free-kick just outside the area.
    • 45' Apparently Jankulovski was booked at the end of the first half, ruling him out of the Germany match too.
    • 47' Strong running by Hunt on the left wins a corner... Reid takes and he floats it into MCSHANE but his header is too high.
    • 46' Straight away Baros has a chance on the edge of the box but he can't get the shot away, Ireland counter though...
    • 46' Second half underway...
    • 45+3 Free-kick to Ireland now, just outside the box... Reid swings it in, Kilbane heads it but no direction, the whistle goes, 1-0 to the Czechs.
    • 45+2 Another Irish throw, Keane on the left cannot get the cross in. Polak goes in clumsily on Keane and gets a yellow, meaning he misses the next game.
    • 45+1 Ireland still piling it on here, this is more like the Ireland we know as Hunt fails to get past Ujfalusi but a throw for Ireland...
    • 45' Ireland all over the Czechs as it's played wide to Dunne who lofts it back across goal and McShane is in there but scrambled clear and now McGeady but the Czechs survive!!
    • 44' Great play by Ireland, Sionko misses his kick and it's PLAYED THROUGH TO DOYLE WHO SLIDES IT PAST CECH BUT BACK OFF THE POST! McShane can't get there!
    • 44' Reid with a great ball through to Keane but his touch is a bit too heavy, he wins the corner though.
    • 43' Kovac is carried off on a stretcher but is clearly fine.
    • 42' Ireland spell of pressure but they can't make it count and the Czechs counter again, you can sense the fear amongst the Irish when this happens but Dunne gets back to clear.
    • 40' Hunt is getting jeered every time he touches the ball. And then wins a free-kick on the left.
    • 38' IRELAND SUB: A very, very unpopular sub for Ireland with the Czech fans, Stephen Hunt is on for the ijured O'Shea, who tried but failed to run off that knee injury. Hunt, as we all know, accidentally cracked Petr Cech's skull in a Premier League game last season, although Jose Mourinho will have you believe otherwise...
    • 36' Yellow card for Kelly after he clatters into Sionko.
    • 35' Free-kick to the Czech Republic on the left, but the ref wants it re-taken... Rosicky over it... Good delivery but McShane gets it away and KOVAC but blocked.
    • 34' Ireland break, Doyle with a clever flick up to Carsley but he handles it and a free kick to the Czechs.
    • 31' Reid onto Keane on the edge of the box, Kelly now wide left, they've lost a bit of momentum but Reid again sends in a cross which Kovac miskicks but Doyle didn't take a chance and it's with Cech.
    • 30' Good break by the Czechs, Rosicky finds Sionko but he slips at the crucial moment and Ireland survive.
    • 28' McShane is booked for a foul on Baros. Not the first time he's been spoken to by the ref. He misses the game against Germany.
    • 26' Worrying injury to O'Shea who, in that incident, seemed to land awkwardly on his knee...
    • 25' Ireland could be in trouble as O'Shea commits to Plasil, misses him and it's through to Baros but he's offside.
    • 23' Kilbane on a mazy run but held up by Ujfalusi, asks for the free kick on the edge of the box but no chance with this crowd.
    • 20' Free-kick to Ireland on the left but it's claimed by Cech and they break really quickly again, Jankulovsi on the left, loads of time and space, cross comes in and Kelly misses it and SIONKO but he somehow fires ten yards wide of the far post! Another scare on the counter.
    • 19' Free kick to the Czech Republic, Rosicky to take... swings it in a touched on by Plasil and KOVAC but Given is alert and takes the ball to his chest.
    • 15' ... super break from the Czechs, one-touch passing move as Plasil flicks it off Rosicky's pass to Jankulovski who takes a superb touch past Dunne and fires low past Given for 1-0! Superb goal, brilliant play.
    • 14' Free-kick to Ireland on the right, Reid to whip it in... but he cannot find McShane and the Czechs clear and now they break...
    • 12' Kovac knocks the ball down inside to Rosicky who slips it wide to SIONKO WHO DRILLS IT LOW BUT INCHES WIDE OF THE FAR LEFT POST! Took a touch off McShane, corner to the Czechs.
    • 10' The Czechs are moving everything on the left at the moment. Rosicky and Jankulowski are linking up well.
    • 7' Jankulowski works it down the left again and wins a corner. It's scrappily cleared but only as far as Polak. His ball back in leads to nothing.
    • 5' Jankulovski with a great run on the left, glides past three players but Kelly back tackling clears on the edge of the box.
    • 3' Free-kick to Ireland which Reid takes but too long for Keane and the Czechs clear.
    • 1' Match underway!
    • - Ireland make two changes, Andy Reid in for Stephen Ireland while Kevin Kilbane retains his place ahead of Hunt.
    • - Ireland travel to the Czech Republic hoping to emulate the upset that Wales performed on Slovakia, LIVE from 19:30 BST!

  • Summary

    • 90+2 Ireland should have scored! Bodies forward and McShane was in space but he sliced his shot, behind for a corner though....
    • 70' Free-kick to Ireland, Reid to take it, they are pushing for something here... he lofts it in AND CECH DROPS IT AND MCSHANE BUT OFF THE LINE BY ROZHENAL! Should have been the equaliser.
    • 64' Ireland almost strike back immediately! Doyle is in on the left and he drills it across goal and inches wide with Long sliding in!
    • 61' Hunt fouls Rosicky, the crowd are baying for blood, Hunt went in hard but it wasn't that bad, he got the ball but the momentum carried him through but the ref bought the corwd reaction and he's off. Rubbish refereeing.
    • 57' Sionko on the ball, the Czechs in space on the break, he shoots but blocked by McShane INTO THE PATH OF ROSICKY WHO MUST SCORE BUT BRILLIANT REFLEX SAVE BY GIVEN! Corner.
    • 44' Great play by Ireland, Sionko misses his kick and it's PLAYED THROUGH TO DOYLE WHO SLIDES IT PAST CECH BUT BACK OFF THE POST! McShane can't get there!
    • 20' Free-kick to Ireland on the left but it's claimed by Cech and they break really quickly again, Jankulovsi on the left, loads of time and space, cross comes in and Kelly misses it and SIONKO but he somehow fires ten yards wide of the far post! Another scare on the counter.
    • 15' ... super break from the Czechs, one-touch passing move as Plasil flicks it off Rosicky's pass to Jankulovski who takes a superb touch past Dunne and fires low past Given for 1-0! Superb goal, brilliant play.
    • 12' Kovac knocks the ball down inside to Rosicky who slips it wide to SIONKO WHO DRILLS IT LOW BUT INCHES WIDE OF THE FAR LEFT POST! Took a touch off McShane, corner to the Czechs.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Kyros Vassaras

  • Czech Republic

    Manager: Karel Bruckner

    Captain: Tomas Rosicky

    On the Field

    • Cech
    • Kovac
    • Ujfalusi
    • Rozehnal
    • Jankulovski
    • Galasek
    • Plasil
    • Polak
    • Sionko
    • Rosicky
    • Baros

    Subs

    • Vlcek
    • Blazek
    • Jarolim
    • Kulic
    • Sivok
    • Pospech
    • Dosek

    Injured

    • Koller

    Suspended

    None

  • Rep. Ireland

    Manager: Steve Staunton

    Captain: Robbie Keane

    On the Field

    • Given
    • Kelly
    • McShane
    • Dunne
    • O'Shea
    • McGeady
    • Kilbane
    • Carsley
    • Reid
    • Doyle
    • Keane

    Subs

    • Douglas
    • Hunt
    • Colgan
    • Murphy
    • Keogh
    • Long
    • Gibson

    Injured

    • Carr
    • Finnan
    • Potter
    • O'Brien

    Suspended

    None