North Ireland left the European Under-19 Champion as Norway defeated them 2-0 at Seaview.
Daniel Braut placed Norway ahead when Northern Ireland stopped working to remove their lines after the 30-minute mark.
Braut increased his tally for the night and provided Luis Pimenta’s side a much more comfy lead in the 65th min.
Somewhere else, Ukraine secured their location in the semi-finals as they defeat safeguarding champs Italy 3-2.
That result indicated that Gareth McAuley’s side ended up base of the team and Norway ended up third.
Norway benefit from their chances
It was a slow-moving begin to the video game with North Ireland having their very first goalscoring possibility on 20 mins when a smart go by Sam Glenfield left Dylan Stitt with on objective, yet his resulting strike was shut out by the outstretched Martin Borsheim.
Norway damaged the predicament in the 33rd min when Benjamin Faraas’ cross from the left network right into package was dispersed by Tom Atcheson.
Nevertheless, Braut had the ability to lock on to the threat and fire home from close quarters, previous stopper Pierce Charles and Northern Ireland captain Gallagher Lennon, that tried to remove the sphere off the line.
In the last min of the very first fifty percent. Simen Vatne Haram’s header from a Sondre Granaas edge was directly over the bar as Luis Pimenta’s side attempted to prolong their benefit prior to the break.
Braut nets his 3rd objective in 3 video games
Early in the 2nd fifty percent, Glenfield’s reduced strike from simply outside package was collected by Borsheim with Aodhan Doherty’s initiative vast soon after.
Norway increased their benefit when Granaas’ pass located the unmarked Braut, that racked up with a newbie surface.
The hectic Braut was after that refuted his hat-trick by the woodwork two times. The very first time, his strike took a tricking deflection and collapsed off the bar prior to his initiative from 20 backyards struck the right-hand article.
Supported on by a sold-out Seaview, Northern Ireland had a terrific opportunity to order their very first objective of the competition in the closing phases of the video game with Borsheim making a terrific response conserve to quit Kieran Morrison’s strike and the sharp Norway support rapidly removed Corey …
