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REPUBLIC of IRELAND vs SAUDI ARABIA

Match Report below

Match Stats: -

Man of the Match: Damien Duff (Ireland)

Teams:

Saudi Arabia:
                        1-Mohammed Al-Deayea  
                        2-Mohammed Al-Jahani (12-Ahmed Dokhi 79)
                        3-Redha Tukar
                        4-Abdullah Sulaiman (15-Abdullah Jumaan 68)
                        6-Fouzi Al-Shehri
                      13-Hussein Sulimani
                        7-Ibrahim Al-Shahrani
                      14-Abdulaziz Al-Khathran (10-Mohammad Al-Shloub 67)
                      16-Khamis Al-Owairan
                      18-Nawaf Al-Temyat
                      20-Al-Hassan Al-Yami

Rep. of Ireland:
                        1-Shay Given
                      18-Gary Kelly (7-Jason McAteer 80)
                      14-Gary Breen
                        5-Steve Staunton
                        3-Ian Harte (17-Niall Quinn 46)
                        2-Steve Finnan
                        8-Matt Holland
                      12-Mark Kinsella (22-Lee Carsley 89)
                      11-Kevin Kilbane
                        9-Damien Duff
                      10-Robbie Keane

Referee: Falla Ndoye (Senegal)
Linesmen: Maciej Wierzbowski (Poland) Frederic Arnault (France)


Match Report: -

Damien Duff starred in this match as the amazing Irish Spirit continued as they cruised to a 3-0 win over Saudi Arabia.

Robbie Keane opened the scoring after just 7 minutes and it was a perfect start for Mick McCarthy's team as they only needed to score one more to secure a place in the last 16. The Saudi keeper made a real blunder as he fumbled a Damien Duff shot into his net with 3 minutes left on the clock. Although the lad deserve a goal for a great performance.

It was a performance which did Mick McCarthy and Ireland very proud.