Ireland Boys Under-15s went down 2-0 in the Tourneo Delle Nazioni to joint hosts Austria.

In a game where Ireland dominated large parts of possession it would be two goals either side of the break that gave the Austrians the victory.

Ireland had their chances and having scored a last-minute equaliser against Czechia, only 24 hours before, they were looking to build on the draw.

And Jason Donohue’s team took confidence from that game into the meeting with today’s opponents and were unlucky not to be ahead in the first half.

With 23 minutes gone, Archie Quinn forced a good save from Teo Hupfauf when Quinn engineered space for himself and fired low but the goalkeeper was able to get a block to the strike to see it go behind for a corner.

Two minutes later Quinn was thwarted again by Hupfaut. The Shamrock Rovers attacker took advantage of a mix-up in the Austrian midfield, drove at goal from his own half but couldn’t beat the large frame of the keeper who denied him again in a one-on-one.

Ireland would fall behind in the 27^th minute. Matthias Hartl was allowed space to get a shot away and despite the save from Alex Byrne the ball fell to Nenad Petric to hook a volley into the back of the net.

Seven minutes into the second half, Austria doubled their lead when Matteo Maric got on the end of a neat cut back to fire past Byrne.

Byrne was kept busy in the second period but Ireland limited chances for Austria. They were denied a way back into the game when Quinn was seemingly fouled in the penalty area but despite replays showing an infringement no decision was given.

Ireland play again on Tuesday.

Austria: Hupfauf, Sahinbaz (Loos, 59’), Theiner, Stojanovic, Ekhator, Petric (Gouche, 67’), Maric (C) (Habisohn, 53’), Neuhaser, Gort (Lobos, 68’), Seckin (Diaz, 53’), Hartl (Delimehic, 53’)

Ireland: Byrne, Nolan (Marshall, 55’), Kibaga (Ennis, 60’), Nichols (Devereux Lynch, 55’), Afonin, O’Dwyer (Collins, 47’), Rascau (Kelly, 47’), Zeller, Aliyev (Daly, 60’), Fay, Quinn

Ireland Boys Under-15s

Goalkeepers: Alex Byrne (Shamrock Rovers), Charlie McGarvey (Sligo Rovers).

Defenders: Maxim Afonin (Shamrock Rovers), Rian Ennis ( Shamrock Rovers), Jayden Marshall (Shamrock Rovers), Kimson Kibaga (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Ben Nicholls (Bohemians), Charlie Nolan (Shamrock Rovers).

Midfielders: Aydin Aliyev (SpVgg Greuther Furth), Johnny Collins (Shamrock Rovers), Ciaran Daly (Shamrock Rovers), Blake Devereux Lynch (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Josh O’Dwyer (Shamrock Rovers), Adrian Rascau (Bohemians), Bobby Zeller (Shamrock Rovers).

Forwards: Jonathan Echefu (Galway United), Corey Fay (Shamrock Rovers), ) Ethan Kelly (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Daniel O’Halloran (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Archie Quinn (Shamrock Rovers).

Torneo Delle Nazioni Fixtures/Results

Saturday, April 26 | Ireland 1-1 Czechia
Sunday, April 27 | Austria 2-0 Ireland
Tuesday, April 29 | Ireland v TBC
Thursday, May 1 | Ireland v TBC