Match 7 Ireland vs Germany

Ireland 7

 

Germany 8

 

Ireland's final game of the World Championship was a narrow defeat against European counterparts Germany.

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The Germans took control of this tie early on and within seven minutes they had gone two goals ahead as Ireland hadn't  started to play in this early morning game. After the early two goals Ireland kicked into gear as Paddy Corbett netted before Tadjg O  Riordan levelled the tie with twelve seconds left in the quarter .

 

The boys in green took control early in the second period as Aidan Dempsey netted twice to give Ireland a well-earned advantage just before half time. The opposition broke away with eight lefts to narrow the gap to a solitary goal. Both goalies stood strong keeping both teams scoreless up until the half time whistle

 

Within a minute of the restart the Germans had equalized in the game which meant we were in for a tight last twenty minute in the game. In his final game of the tournament Conor Foley netted again to extend his tally before the opposition levelled the tie again with five left in the period. The final five minutes was a tough encounter as sides finished this important quarter level as both defences were coming out on top

 

Both sides started to tire which gave the attackers more room and this resulted in two goals from the Germans with ten minutes left. This kicked the Irish into gear again and it was Foley who scored before Dempsey who managed to level the match with four minutes left. No team managed to change the score before the final whistle meant overtime would separate the sides.

After a sustained period of Irish pressure in overtime Germany broke  await against the run of play to ensure victory with the final goal of the game

 

 Ireland:Conor Kelly,Ruairi Dunbar,Tiernan Donovan ,Tadhg O'Riordan,Thomas Burke,Patrick McShane,Luke Palmadesso,Sean Gibson,Kevin Somerville,Conor Foley,Luke Maloney ,Gearoid Dunbar,Conor Shears,James Fennessy,Joe Walsh,Andy Meyers, Jack Galvin,Brady Morin,Patrick Corbett,Brendan Boles,Brian Smyth,Pat Smyth,Aidan Dempsey