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San Marino U21 0-3 N Ireland U21

Oliver Norwood
Oliver Norwood scored twice in N Ireland's away victory

Oliver Norwood bagged a double as Northern Ireland Under-21s eased to their first victory in the Uefa Championship qualifying campaign.

The Manchester United midfielder put the visitors ahead on 24 minutes and Port Vale's James Lawrie doubled the lead 14 minutes later.

Norwood sealed the points for Steve Beaglehole's team with the third goal after 78 minutes.

N Ireland went into the game with just one point from five games.


San Marino: Federico Casadei, Carlini, Cervellini, Mazza, Mattia Casadei, Giardi, Coppini, Ciavatta, Venerucci, Bianchi, Della Valle. Subs: Di Natale, Buscarini, Canini, Giannoni, Mularoni, Rosti.

N Ireland: O'Neill, Hodson, Flynn, Conor McLaughlin, Patrick McLaughlin, Weir, Evans, Norwood, Lawrie, Kee, McKay. Subs: Devlin, Ramsey, Boyce, Jarvis, Grigg, Bryan.

Referee: Emer Aleckovic (Bosnia)



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