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  1. World Cup qual. - Northern Ireland hold Czechs

    World Cup qual. - Northern Ireland hold Czechs

    Northern Ireland held Czech Republic to a creditable goalless draw in a World Cup Group 3 qualifier in Belfast. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Northern Ireland
    • Czech Republic
    • 90+3 The hosts almost catch the Czechs on the counter, and their guests repay the compliment. Neither can make the breakthrough though, and the final whistle goes. A good result for Northern Ireland.
    • 90' Poor clearance by the Czechs and Healy could be in after Brunt slides him through but he shoots way too early and it flies well over.
    • 87' Bit of pressure from the Czechs now but Northern Ireland defend stoutly and repel the threat.
    • 84' 84' Gillespie has to limp off after a tackle by Jankulovski catches his ankle. Shiels comes on.
    • 82' The Czechs counter, Slepicka on the left in loads of space but he slows it down and, as the Czechs come to support, the Irish are back to defend.
    • 81' Kovac booked for dissent.
    • 80' Gillespie sends the corner in, it's bouncing around the box but no-one can finish! The Czechs are really rattled.
    • 79' Brunt on the right now, he's swapping wings with Gillespie, this is great fun, but the ball is too far ahead of Healy and out for a corner.
    • 78' CZECH SUB: Rada is not impressed by this. Slepicka on for Baros.
    • 77' Brunt races down the left and swings a great ball over for Paterson but he flicks the header wide! Another good chance for the hosts, who deserve a win now.
    • 71' NORTHERN IRELAND SUB: Feeney comes off for Paterson.
    • 67' CZECH SUB: A defensive one for the visitors, Pospech on for Sionko.
    • 65' CORRECTION: Only one yellow was shown to the Czechs, Ujfalusi - Kovac was not booked.
    • 63' Gillespie gets the ball, cuts inside from the left and spanks a great right-foot shot that Cech is forced to get down low to save!
    • 62' Double yellow for the Czechs, Kovac for a challenge on Healy and Ujfalusi for mouthing off.
    • 60' Brunt gets the ball on the half-way line and he sees Cech off his line and sends an audacious chip on goal but it's wide! The wind almost took that in.
    • 59' Sirl on a run, playing it through to Polak but the impressive Evans clears.
    • 57' More good pressure by Northern Ireland but they can't quite delivery the final ball to match good build-up play on two occasions.
    • 53' Great run from deep by Jankulovski, but Baird is back to cover and he clears.
    • 50' Poor clearance and the ball is headed through to FEENEY WHO IS THROUH AND MUST SCORE BUT A BRILLIANT STOP BY CECH FLYING OUT OF GOAL AND IT FALLS TO BRUNT BUT HE THRASHES IT OVER! What a chance for the Irish, Cech saved his boys there. The second effort fell to Brunt's right foot - he's left-sided.
    • 48' Cech punches clear this time.
    • 47' Good spell of pressure down the flanks for Northern Ireland, first Brunt, then Gillespie and Feeney puts himself about so Grygera heads it out for a corner.
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 46' HALF-TIME SUB: Clingan can't carry on with that shoulder injury, O'Connor comes on.
    • 45+2 Plasil wide to Sirl, Evans clears, the Czechs come again but the whistle goes, 0-0 and a good performance from the Northern Irish!
    • 45+1 The Czechs break, great diagonal ball from the left, Brunt makes a mess of it and Grygera nods it past him to drill a super ball low to the near post AND BAROS MUST SCORE BUT HE PUTS IT WIDE! Should have been 1-0.
    • 45' It doesn't look good for Norwich man Clingan, who limps off gingerly, as Crewe's Michael O'Connor gets ready to come on.
    • 43' This time Clingan isn't so clever, giving the ball away to Sirl, but his shot is wide. Real problem is that Clingan is down holding his shoulder.
    • 41' Wonderful play by Clingan, who takes the ball down brilliantly and slips it wide to McCartney. Craigan gives away a silly free-kick though, pulling Baros down.
    • 39' Brunt on the left, he swings it deep and Cech is under pressure by Feeney and Healy can pounce but put behind! That's more like it from the hosts.
    • 38' Free-kick to Norn Iron, Healy jogs back on for it and it almost drops to Feeney but cleared!
    • 36' Healy is down after he was caught slightly late by Polak. Not deliberate, but Healy's hurt.
    • 34' Healy gets the ball in the box, he wriggles past one defender but can't get a shot away and cleared by the Czechs!
    • 32' Brunt on the left, he's in loads of space and overlaps with McCartney, Brunt swings a deep cross which the boys in green are lining up for, it's headed across goal by Gillespie and is sent back the other way by Healy at the left stick AND GILLESPIE WITH THE DRIVE BUT BLOCKED ON THE LINE! Great play from the Irish.
    • 30' Jankulovski on the left, he moves forward and dinks a great cross for Baros but he can't head it on goal and Northern Ireland scramble it clear, McCartney completing the hoof downfield.
    • 28' The Irish give the ball away and it's played through to Baros who is one-on-one and scores but the flag is up! Jonny Evans cleverly stepped-up just in time after McCartney went too early.
    • 27' The Czechs seeing a bit more of the ball now, as Baros gets in space on the left but Evans flies in with a superb tackle.
    • 23' Feeney and Healy combine and the Fulham man tries a chip but Cech isn't far enough off his line to be genuinely tested.
    • 21' Throw to the Irish on the left, which McCartney will take, this is as good as a corner. Thrown into Feeney in the box but headed away by Grygera.
    • 19' The Czechs break down the other end after Norn Iron give it away, and Baros is through on the right but his low drive is easy for Taylor.
    • 18' A long punt comes in from the right and Rozehnal makes a hash of the back-header and Cech has to tip it over! Almost a terrible own-goal. Good corner too but headed clear.
    • 17' Norn Iron are doing quite well at the moment, a lot more of the ball and putting some pressure on the Czechs.
    • 14' Gillespie takes it short, a one-two, he skips past Sirl, great play and swigs a cross in but Feeney only heads in the air and at Cech.
    • 13' Sirl with a poor challenge on Healy, late, but no card and Gillespie to take.
    • 10' The Irish back-off Polak and Jankulovski is played into space on the left but great covering from Gillespie to get back and slide in, putting the ball into touch.
    • 9' The Czechs win a couple of corners in a row, putting some good pressure on Northern Ireland and this one is headed inches over by Kovac! He got up over everybody, but the marking was poor, he was all alone!
    • 7' The corner is cleared and a couple of rough-house challenges from both sides leave Healy and Polak limping around - no whistle though.
    • 5' Free-kick to the Czechs on the right, which Milan full-back Jankulovski will take. It's a long way out, but he sends it very deep and the wind almost catches Taylor out and he has to tip it over for a corner! Almost a freak opening goal.
    • 3' The Czechs almost catch Norn Iron out but good defending from Hughes to intercept the long one aimed at Baros.
    • 1' Match underway in Belfast!
    • - NORTHERN IRELAND NEWS: A major blow for Nigel Worthington's men as Steven Davis, the Rangers midfielder, pulls out for personal reasons and returns to London. Chris Baird will move into midfield, with Warren Feeney now expected to partner David Healy up front.
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Northern Ireland's tough home clash with Czech Republic, with comments and scoring from 19:45 UK time!

  • Team Stats

    Northern Ireland Stats Czech Republic
    45% Possession 54%
    12 Shots 7
    2 Shots on target 2
    0 Saves 1
    4 Corners 3
    11 Fouls 11
    1 Offsides 4
    0 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    28 Tackles 14
    278 Accurate passes 365
    61 Bad passes 60

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Northern Ireland
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Maik Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 5 0
      5 Stephen Craigan 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 22 1 1
      8 Chris Baird 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 20 3 5
      3 George McCartney 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 34 13 2
      18 Aaron Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 3
      4 Jonny Evans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 8 4
      11 Chris Brunt 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 28 13 3
      6 Sammy Clingan 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23 2 1
      7 Keith Gillespie 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 22 0 4
      9 David Healy 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 14 4 2
      10 Warren Feeney 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 17 5 0
      16 Dean Shiels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
      15 Michael O'Connor 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 7 2
      17 Peter Thompson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Ryan McGivern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Gareth McAuley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Martin Paterson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      12 Alan Mannus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Czech Republic
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Petr Cech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
      18 Tomas Ujfalusi 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 35 1 0
      6 Marek Jankulovski 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 35 7 3
      5 Radoslav Kovac 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 57 5 6
      2 Zdenek Grygera 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 31 1 0
      4 David Rozehnal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 6 0
      11 Radek Sirl 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 33 11 2
      8 Jan Polak 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 50 15 2
      10 Jaroslav Plasil 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 40 9 1
      7 Libor Sionko 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 13 0 0
      15 Milan Baros 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 11 2 0
      16 Jaroslav Drobny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 David Jarolim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Jan Rajnoch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Michal Kadlec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Miroslav Slepicka 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
      12 Zdenek Pospech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
      9 Martin Fenin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 80' Gillespie sends the corner in, it's bouncing around the box but no-one can finish! The Czechs are really rattled.
    • 77' Brunt races down the left and swings a great ball over for Paterson but he flicks the header wide! Another good chance for the hosts, who deserve a win now.
    • 65' CORRECTION: Only one yellow was shown to the Czechs, Ujfalusi - Kovac was not booked.
    • 63' Gillespie gets the ball, cuts inside from the left and spanks a great right-foot shot that Cech is forced to get down low to save!
    • 60' Brunt gets the ball on the half-way line and he sees Cech off his line and sends an audacious chip on goal but it's wide! The wind almost took that in.
    • 50' Poor clearance and the ball is headed through to FEENEY WHO IS THROUH AND MUST SCORE BUT A BRILLIANT STOP BY CECH FLYING OUT OF GOAL AND IT FALLS TO BRUNT BUT HE THRASHES IT OVER! What a chance for the Irish, Cech saved his boys there. The second effort fell to Brunt's right foot - he's left-sided.
    • 45+1 The Czechs break, great diagonal ball from the left, Brunt makes a mess of it and Grygera nods it past him to drill a super ball low to the near post AND BAROS MUST SCORE BUT HE PUTS IT WIDE! Should have been 1-0.
    • 39' Brunt on the left, he swings it deep and Cech is under pressure by Feeney and Healy can pounce but put behind! That's more like it from the hosts.
    • 38' Free-kick to Norn Iron, Healy jogs back on for it and it almost drops to Feeney but cleared!
    • 32' Brunt on the left, he's in loads of space and overlaps with McCartney, Brunt swings a deep cross which the boys in green are lining up for, it's headed across goal by Gillespie and is sent back the other way by Healy at the left stick AND GILLESPIE WITH THE DRIVE BUT BLOCKED ON THE LINE! Great play from the Irish.
    • 30' Jankulovski on the left, he moves forward and dinks a great cross for Baros but he can't head it on goal and Northern Ireland scramble it clear, McCartney completing the hoof downfield.
    • 19' The Czechs break down the other end after Norn Iron give it away, and Baros is through on the right but his low drive is easy for Taylor.
    • 18' A long punt comes in from the right and Rozehnal makes a hash of the back-header and Cech has to tip it over! Almost a terrible own-goal. Good corner too but headed clear.
    • 9' The Czechs win a couple of corners in a row, putting some good pressure on Northern Ireland and this one is headed inches over by Kovac! He got up over everybody, but the marking was poor, he was all alone!
    • 5' Free-kick to the Czechs on the right, which Milan full-back Jankulovski will take. It's a long way out, but he sends it very deep and the wind almost catches Taylor out and he has to tip it over for a corner! Almost a freak opening goal.
    • - NORTHERN IRELAND NEWS: A major blow for Nigel Worthington's men as Steven Davis, the Rangers midfielder, pulls out for personal reasons and returns to London. Chris Baird will move into midfield, with Warren Feeney now expected to partner David Healy up front.
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Northern Ireland's tough home clash with Czech Republic, with comments and scoring from 19:45 UK time!

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