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Northern Ireland were very unfortunate to lose 2-0 to Wales in the Sky Sports Victory Shield at Port Talbot despite dominating for most of the game.

With the advantage of a strong wind the visitors made a promising start.  On 10 minutes a cross by David Morgan was met by Shay McCartan but the striker's shot was blocked and the ball scrambled away.

Against the run of play Wales went in front after 15 minutes.  A cross from the left deflected off two Northern Ireland defenders and fell into the path of Jack Simmons who netted with a low left foot drive into the corner of the net.

Two minutes later and Joshua Barton missed a great opportunity when he ran onto a long clearance by Gareth Deane but failed to control the ball and the opening was lost.

Paul George replaced the injured Luke Conlan after 22 minutes and made an immediate impact as a free kick from the right was scrambled away by the Welsh defence.

After the break Northern Ireland continued to push forward and George and Barton went close with good efforts.  David Morgan showed up well when he picked up the ball inside his own half and ran 60 yards but ballooned his shot high over the bar.

In an attempt to get the equaliser Northern Ireland manager Dessie Curry pushed Luke McCullough up front but in the final minute Wales broke away after a Northern Ireland corner was cleared and Simmons volleyed home his second goal with a shot which went in off the underside of the bar.

	Northern Ireland					Wales
No	Name	School			No	Name
1	Gareth DEANE (GK)	Laurelhill			1	Luke CHAMBERS
2	Ryan McLAUGHLIN	St. Mary’s CBGS			2	Adam HENLEY
3	Matthew CLARKE	Strabane High School			3	Jordan HOLT
4	Luke McCULLOUGH (c)	Portadown College			4	Alex NICHOLSON
5	Joey JONES	Grey Court School			5	Willam JAMES (c)
6	Douglas WILSON	Markethill HS			6	Elliot SCOTCHER
7	Joshua BARTON	Craigavon Senior HS			7	James LOVERIDGE
8	David MORGAN	Nottingham Academy			8	George HIGGINS
9	Shay McCARTAN	St. Colman's Newry			9	Leon NEWELL
10	Conall McGRANDLES	Meanscoil			10	Jack SIMMONS
11	Luke CONLAN	St. Columba’s			11	William ROBERTS
	SUBSTITUTES					SUBSTITUTES
14	Matthew DEIGHAN	St. Malachy’s College	50 mins - Jones		13	Robert PARRY	72 mins - Loveridge
16	Paul GEORGE	St. Ninian’s	22 mins - Conlan		14	Declan JOHN	60 mins - Newell
17	Noel LAWLESS	St. Paul’s Lurgan	69 mins – McLaughlin		17	Josh Pike	75 mins - Holt
18	Dominic BALL	Harefield Academy	69 mins – McGrandles
	SUBSTITUTES	DID NOT PLAY				SUBSTITUTES	DID NOT PLAY
12	Conor BRENNAN	St. Colmcille’s			12	Christian DIBBLE
15	Shane McKINNEY	Craigavon Senior HS			15	Callum HOLDEN
					16	Lewis BLACKMORE
					18	Rhys JAMES
The Northern Ireland team which played Wales at Port Talbot on 19 November 2009

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