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Vincent Butler's men started brightly, dominating midfield possession but failed to create any clear cut chances up front. Karl Shephard opened the scoring after 35 minutes when captain, Conor Clifford made a strong run through midfield and when Dinko Catic in the Slovenian goal failed to grasp the long range effort, Karl Shephard was on hand to poke it into the net.
The Irish continued to pressurise the Slovenian defence in the second half, substitute, Darragh Satelle went agonisingly close with a header while Paul Murphy should have doubled the score when he missed a free header at the back post.
Vincent Butlers' men had to wait until the 73rd minute of play for their second goal, Mervue United's Greg Cunningham fired an unstoppable shot from outside the box which left the Slovenian goalkeeper with no chance.
Vincent Butler said after the game, "I am very pleased with the result, I felt that we should have won the first game on Tuesday, I am absolutely delighted for the boys as this is a learing curve for them, this is a two year process in which many of the players will be playing in the UEFA Under 17 Championships qualifiers with Sean McCaffrey"
Republic of Ireland
Kevin Martin (Monaghan United)
Niall Byrne (Shelbourne)
Mark Power (Clonmel Town)
Conor Hourihan (Douglas Hall)
Gavin Gunning (c) (Crumlin United)
Conor Clifford (Crumlin United)
Garvan Broughal (Belvedere)
Callum O'Shea (Charlton Athletic)
Karl Shephard (Shelbourne)
Greg Cunningham (Mervue United)
David O'Brien (Crumlin United)
Substitutes
Ger Hanley (Salthill Devon)
John Dunleavy (Ballybofey United) on for Callum O'Shea, 60 mins
Shane Howard (Crumlin United)
David Cawley (Shelbourne)
Darragh Satelle (Crumlin United) on for David O'Brien, 45 mins
Aaron Doran (Crumlin United) on for Karl Shephard, 45 mins
Paul Murphy (Home Farm) on for Niall Byrne, 52 mins
Richard Towell (Crumlin United) on for Conor Hourihan, 40 mins
Gavin McArdle (Home Farm) on for Garvan Broughal, 40 mins
Gavin Carlin (Crumlin United) on for Kevin Martin, 45 mins