Ireland and Ndour's Italy U21 draw

The Italy U21 team of Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Cher Ndour drew 2-2 with their counterparts from the Republic of Ireland on Tuesday 21st November at the Turner's Cross Stadium in Cork in the qualifying stage for the UEFA U21 Championship Slovakia 2025.

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND - ITALY: 2-2 (1-1)
Qualifying for UEFA U21 Championship Slovakia 2025 - Group A - Match day 5
Turner's Cross Stadium (Cork)
Goals: Phillips (31') and Armstrong (48') for the Republic of Ireland, Gnonto (45'+1 pen, 90'+6) for Italy.
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Keeley - Grehan, Lawal, Garcia MacNulty (c) - Curtis, Healy, Adeeko, Roughan (Adaramola, 90'+1) - Phillips - Armstrong (Kenny, 82'), Emakhu (Murphy, 90'+3). Manager: James Crawford.
ITALY: Desplanches - Zanotti, Coppola, Pirola (c), Calafiori (Turicchia, 83') - Bove, Prati, Ndour (Koleosho, 56') - Fabbian (Ambrosino, 76') - Gnonto, Esposito (Casadei, 46'). Manager: Carmine Nunziata.

RANKINGS:

1. Italy / 11 points, +11 (5 matches played)
2. Republic of Ireland / 10 points, +4 (5 matches played)
3. Norway / 9 points, +11 (5 matches played)
4. Latvia / 7 points, -5 (5 matches played)
5. Türkiye / 6 points, +3 (5 matches played)
6. San Marino / 0 point, -24 (5 matches played)