Under-17 World Cup, Round of 16: Switzerland v Republic of Ireland, Doha; kick-off 2.45pm Irish time
All of the Round 16 games are being played off this afternoon, the first two of which kicked off at 12.30pm. We’ll keep an eye on how they play out.
Here are the day’s fixtures in full:
Italy v Uzbekistan (12.30pm Irish time)
Uganda v Burkina Faso (12.30pm)
Mexico v Portugal (1pm)
Brazil v France (1.30pm)
Switzerland v Republic of Ireland (2.45pm)
Korea DPR v Japan (3.15pm)
Austria v England (3.45pm)
Morocco v Mali (3.45pm)
The teams have landed.
REP OF IRELAND: Alex Noonan, Finn Sherlock, Vinnie Leonard, Rory Finneran (capt), Grady McDonnell, Michael Noonan, Ramon Martos, Jaden Umeh, Ryan Butler, Ade Solanke, Victor Ozhianvuna.
Substitutes: George Moloney, Corey Cummins-Sheridan, Josh Cullen, Oisin David McDonagh, Kian McMahon-Brown, Gavin McAteer, Brody Lee, Goodness Ogbonna, Sean Spaight.
SWITZERLAND: Noah Brogli, Olivier Mambwa, Gil Zufferey (capt), Giacomo Koloto, Mladen Mijajlovic, Nevio Scherrer, Erblin Sadikaj, Marco Correia, Ethan Bruchez, Adrien Llukes, Jill Stiel.
Substitutes: Dario Kaufmann, Miran Simano, Leonit Ibraimov, Nico Lazri, Jeremie Barererwa, Justin Eglin, Aleksandar Sekulic, Sandro Wyss, Kader Cherif, Celestin Steimer.
We should have the Irish and Swiss starting XIs shortly. Until then, let’s get ourselves all caught up.
The Republic of Ireland topped Group J with wins over Panama and Uzbekistan securing their place in the Round of 32 before their final group game against Paraguay, which ended 0-0.
In the last 32, Colin O’Brien’s team faced a formidable Canada. Michael Noonan netted his third goal of the campaign to give Ireland the lead, only for Canada to level five minutes from time. The game went to penalties, with the young boys in green ultimately triumphing 9-8.
Ireland celebrate after beating Canada on penalties. Photograph: Inpho
For Switzerland, they had a similar time in Group F, earning wins over Ivory Coast and Mexico either side of a scoreless draw against South Korea. Their last 32 clash had them go up against Egypt, winning 3-1.
Hello and welcome along to The Irish Time live blog for the Republic of Ireland’s last 16 clash against Switzerland at the Under-17 World Cup in Qatar.
Captain Rory Finneran leads out the Republic of Ireland team before their Round of 32 game against Canada last Friday. Photograph: Inpho
The game in Doha kicks off at 2.45pm Irish time (5.45pm local time) and will be televised live on RTÉ2.
