An important triumph for progress. The national team under the age of 21 defeated Northern Ireland – Pravda.sk

Slovak footballers under the age of 21 won Friday’s C-group match of the European Championships 2023 over Northern Irish peers 2: 1. Photo: TASR, Erika Ďurčová In the picture the joy of Slovak footballers after scoring a goal during the C-group match of the European Championship 2023 players under 21 in football Slovakia – Ireland. Matej Trusa from the home team and Jakub Kadák from the 11th scored goals in Žilina. After seven matches, Slovakia has twelve points in its account and on Tuesday, March 29 (16.00), the leader will welcome Spain, which will host Lithuania at 20.00. In the exclusion of Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine, Slovakia took a significant step towards advancing at least the playoffs for the European Championships 2023. Read more The sheer joy of Macedonia. 67 minutes into the game, Kadák almost scored the equalizer for the visitors. The pressure of the locals escalated, Trusa dropped another unloaded option in the immediate vicinity, and immediately afterwards Bernát’s pole hit him, Suľa’s attempt was already high. The Slovaks received a goal in the 37th minute, when Kaprálik found Bernát and after his blocked shot, Trusa pushed out of the shot. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of 61 minutes into the game. Northern Ireland equalized out of nowhere when they won a personal duel, McKee passed to Johnston, who inside the sixteenth between the legs beat goalkeeper Belka. Read more The Shrimp King again. He was two points short of the toptriumf. Kadák fired from a direct kick from behind a large lime tree right next to him. Thanks to Belek, the Slovaks survived the great chance of Donnelly and in the final ten minutes of regular playing time they were bought by the eleven, who was converted into a hand in the penalty area by Kadák and decided on a 2: 1 victory. UEFA 2023 U20 World Cup Qualifiers – Group C: Slovakia – Northern Ireland 2: 1 (1: 0) Goals: 37. Trusa, 86. Kadak (from 11 m) – 61. Johnston. ZK: Obert, Odd – Balmer, Charles. Judges: Kastrati – Hyseni, Bicaj (all Kos.), 1377 spectators Slovakia: Belko – Suľa, Nemčík, Obert, Mesík – Lichý, Bernát (79. No), Galčík (72. Iľko) – Kaprálik (88. Bold), Kadák (88. Šviderský), Trusa (72. Bobček) S. Ireland: Webber – Charles, Balmer (86. Price), Donnelly, Stewart (86. Crowe) – Galbraith, Johnston (65. Scott), McCann – McKee, McCalmont, Taylor (71. McGovern) C-group table: 1. Spain 6 5 0 1 17: 4 15 * 2. Russia 6 5 0 1 15: 4 15 3. Slovakia 7 4 0 3 13: 9 12 4. Malta 6 2 0 4 7:18 6 5. S. Ireland 7 2 0 5 7:12 6 6. Lithuania 6 1 0 5 3:15 3 * UEFA has suspended Russian national teams from all competitions for invading Ukraine