International Friendly

Republic of Ireland vs Czechia, International Friendly

· International Friendly
Republic of Ireland
  • 86': Simon Cox
FT
1 - 1
Czechia
  • 50': Milan Baros

About

Republic of Ireland are hosting Czechia at Aviva Stadium, Dublin, , starting on . The match is a part of the International Friendly.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Attempt saved. Shane Long (Republic of Ireland) header from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aiden McGeady with a cross.
  • 2': Attempt blocked. Milan Petrzela (Czech Republic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Theodor Gebre Selassie.
  • 2': Corner, Czech Republic. Conceded by Darren O'Dea.
  • 3': Attempt saved. Jiri Stajner (Czech Republic) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Milan Baros with a through ball.
  • 3': Corner, Czech Republic. Conceded by Shay Given.
  • 4': Attempt missed. Jaroslav Plasil (Czech Republic) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 4': Damien Duff (Republic of Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Foul by Jiri Stajner (Czech Republic).
  • 6': Offside, Republic of Ireland. Robbie Keane tries a through ball, but Shane Long is caught offside.
  • 8': Attempt missed. Jan Rezek (Czech Republic) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Milan Baros.
  • 11': Shane Long (Republic of Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 11': Foul by David Limbersky (Czech Republic).
  • 15': Attempt saved. Robbie Keane (Republic of Ireland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Keith Andrews with a through ball.
  • 16': Foul by John O'Shea (Republic of Ireland).
  • 16': Jan Rezek (Czech Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Offside, Republic of Ireland. Keith Andrews tries a through ball, but Robbie Keane is caught offside.
  • 19': Keith Andrews (Republic of Ireland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 19': Foul by Jan Rezek (Czech Republic).
  • 20': Attempt missed. John O'Shea (Republic of Ireland) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Damien Duff with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 20': Darren O'Dea (Republic of Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 20': Foul by Jan Rezek (Czech Republic).
  • 21': Attempt missed. Jaroslav Plasil (Czech Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 21': Delay in match Glenn Whelan (Republic of Ireland) because of an injury.
  • 22': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 22': Shane Long (Republic of Ireland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 22': Foul by Jaroslav Plasil (Czech Republic).
  • 25': Attempt blocked. David Limbersky (Czech Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Petr Jiracek.
  • 27': Corner, Czech Republic. Conceded by Aiden McGeady.
  • 27': Attempt missed. Tomas Sivok (Czech Republic) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jaroslav Plasil with a cross following a corner.
  • 30': Foul by Damien Duff (Republic of Ireland).
  • 30': Milan Petrzela (Czech Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 31': Corner, Czech Republic. Conceded by Stephen Ward.
  • 32': Hand ball by Shane Long (Republic of Ireland).
  • 33': Foul by Robbie Keane (Republic of Ireland).
  • 33': Milan Petrzela (Czech Republic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 38': Delay in match Keith Andrews (Republic of Ireland) because of an injury.
  • 39': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 40': Attempt saved. Milan Baros (Czech Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jiri Stajner.
  • 44': Robbie Keane (Republic of Ireland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 44': Foul by Michal Kadlec (Czech Republic).
  • 44': Attempt blocked. Keith Andrews (Republic of Ireland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Damien Duff.
  • 44': Attempt blocked. Aiden McGeady (Republic of Ireland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Shane Long.
  • 45': Attempt saved. Jan Rezek (Czech Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Petr Jiracek.
  • 45': Shane Long (Republic of Ireland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 45': Foul by Theodor Gebre Selassie (Czech Republic).
  • 45': Delay in match Petr Jiracek (Czech Republic) because of an injury.
  • 45': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 45': First Half ends, Republic of Ireland 0, Czech Republic 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Czech Republic. Tomás Hübschman replaces Petr Jiracek because of an injury.
  • 0': Second Half begins Republic of Ireland 0, Czech Republic 0.
  • 46': Foul by Keith Andrews (Republic of Ireland).
  • 46': Tomás Hübschman (Czech Republic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 47': Offside, Republic of Ireland. Shay Given tries a through ball, but Robbie Keane is caught offside.
  • 49': Corner, Republic of Ireland. Conceded by Tomas Sivok.
  • 50': Attempt blocked. Tomás Hübschman (Czech Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 50': Goal! Republic of Ireland 0, Czech Republic 1. Milan Baros (Czech Republic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jan Rezek with a through ball.
  • 55': Foul by Shane Long (Republic of Ireland).
  • 55': Michal Kadlec (Czech Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 56': Damien Duff (Republic of Ireland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 56': Foul by David Limbersky (Czech Republic).
  • 57': Attempt missed. Damien Duff (Republic of Ireland) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Shane Long.
  • 58': Attempt blocked. Jaroslav Plasil (Czech Republic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 58': Attempt missed. Milan Baros (Czech Republic) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Milan Petrzela with a cross.
  • 58': Attempt missed. Jan Rezek (Czech Republic) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jaroslav Plasil.
  • 59': Aiden McGeady (Republic of Ireland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 59': Foul by Theodor Gebre Selassie (Czech Republic).
  • 59': Substitution, Czech Republic. Daniel Kolár replaces Jiri Stajner.
  • 59': Substitution, Czech Republic. David Lafata replaces Milan Baros.
  • 63': Substitution, Republic of Ireland. Paul Green replaces Glenn Whelan.
  • 63': Substitution, Republic of Ireland. Stephen Hunt replaces Damien Duff.
  • 67': Substitution, Czech Republic. Frantisek Rajtoral replaces Theodor Gebre Selassie.
  • 67': Substitution, Czech Republic. Vaclav Pilar replaces Milan Petrzela.
  • 68': Stephen Hunt (Republic of Ireland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 68': Foul by Daniel Kolár (Czech Republic).
  • 68': Offside, Republic of Ireland. Aiden McGeady tries a through ball, but Darren O'Dea is caught offside.
  • 70': Attempt saved. Keith Andrews (Republic of Ireland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Paul Green.
  • 70': Offside, Czech Republic. Daniel Kolár tries a through ball, but David Lafata is caught offside.
  • 71': Substitution, Republic of Ireland. Simon Cox replaces Shane Long.
  • 71': Substitution, Republic of Ireland. Jonathan Walters replaces Robbie Keane.
  • 72': Attempt saved. Paul Green (Republic of Ireland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 72': Attempt saved. Jaroslav Plasil (Czech Republic) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
  • 73': Foul by Jonathan Walters (Republic of Ireland).
  • 73': Michal Kadlec (Czech Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Foul by Darren O'Dea (Republic of Ireland).
  • 74': Daniel Kolár (Czech Republic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 75': Attempt missed. Jaroslav Plasil (Czech Republic) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jan Rezek.
  • 77': Aiden McGeady (Republic of Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 77': Foul by David Limbersky (Czech Republic).
  • 78': Attempt blocked. Simon Cox (Republic of Ireland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stephen Hunt.
  • 79': Substitution, Republic of Ireland. James McClean replaces Aiden McGeady.
  • 80': John O'Shea (Republic of Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 80': Foul by Vaclav Pilar (Czech Republic).
  • 81': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Walters (Republic of Ireland) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Stephen Hunt with a cross.
  • 81': Attempt saved. Simon Cox (Republic of Ireland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stephen Ward with a cross.
  • 82': Hand ball by Vaclav Pilar (Czech Republic).
  • 83': Attempt missed. David Lafata (Czech Republic) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Frantisek Rajtoral.
  • 84': Offside, Republic of Ireland. Simon Cox tries a through ball, but Jonathan Walters is caught offside.
  • 86': Attempt missed. David Lafata (Czech Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by David Limbersky.
  • 86': Goal! Republic of Ireland 1, Czech Republic 1. Simon Cox (Republic of Ireland) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Keith Andrews.
  • 88': Substitution, Czech Republic. Tomas Pekhart replaces Jan Rezek.
  • 90': Foul by Paul Green (Republic of Ireland).
  • 90': Tomás Hübschman (Czech Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Attempt blocked. Daniel Kolár (Czech Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by David Lafata.
  • 90': Corner, Czech Republic. Conceded by Darren O'Dea.
  • 90': Attempt missed. Daniel Kolár (Czech Republic) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Tomas Pekhart with a cross.
  • 90': Attempt blocked. James McClean (Republic of Ireland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stephen Hunt.
  • 90': Second Half ends, Republic of Ireland 1, Czech Republic 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Republic of Ireland 1, Czech Republic 1.

Statistics

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13 Fouls 9
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 5
5 Corner Kicks 1
5 Saves 4
59.9 Possession 40.1
20 SHOTS 13
5 ON GOAL 6
0.3 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
461 Accurate Passes 273
559 Passes 362
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
7 Accurate Crosses 6
20 Crosses 20
0.4 Cross % 0.3
47 Long Balls 55
22 Accurate Long Balls 27
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
5 Blocked Shots 5
16 Effective Tackles 13
21 Tackles 18
0.8 Tackle % 0.7
0 Interceptions 0
9 Effective Clearances 9
18 Clearances 25

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue: Aviva Stadium
Location: Dublin,
Attendance: 37,741

Line-Ups

IRL Republic of Ireland (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Shay Given (GK)
5 Darren O'Dea
2 Sean St. Ledger
3 Stephen Ward
4 John O'Shea
6 Glenn Whelan
8 Keith Andrews
7 Aiden McGeady
11 Damien Duff
10 Robbie Keane
9 Shane Long
Republic of Ireland Substitutes:
Seamus Coleman, Simon Cox, Kevin Foley, James McCarthy, Stephen Hunt, Jonathan Walters, Paul Green, James McClean, David Forde, Stephen Henderson, Shane Duffy.

CZE Czechia (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Petr Cech (GK)
3 Michal Kadlec
6 Tomas Sivok
5 David Limbersky
2 Theodor Gebre Selassie
19 Petr Jiracek
13 Jaroslav Plasil
15 Milan Baros
10 Jirí Stajner
9 Jan Rezek
7 Milan Petrzela
Czechia Substitutes:
Tomás Pekhart, Vaclav Pilar, David Lafata, Jan Rajnoch, Jaroslav Drobný, Daniel Pudil, Tomás Hübschman, Daniel Kolár, Frantisek Rajtoral.

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