Thursday in Romania, in the framework of the U-17 Development Tournament of the European Union Football Association (UEFA), after their defeat on Tuesday against Russia [0-3] our young Grenadiers U-17 faced Cyprus. After an intense match without our national team finding a fault in their opponents, but without being imposed by the Cypriots, the match ended in a draw [0-0].

The rules of the tournament require a winner, the two teams have split in the penalty shootout, which the Cypriots won [3-2]. Corlens Etienne and Loubens Jean Michel scored the 2 goals for Haiti in this event.

Remember that it is for our young Grenadiers of the second and last of 3 friendly professional preparation games https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27445-haiti-sports-our-grenadiers-u-17-in-europe-for-a-friendly-match-against-russia.html in preparation for the FIFA CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers and their group match against Honduras They will face May 1st in Bradenton at the IMG Academy Sports Complex in Florida.

Next and last match Saturday, April 20th, where our young Grenadiers will face the host country, Romania

Calendar and meeting results :

April 16, 2019 :

Haiti - Russia [0-3]

April 18, 2019 :

Haiti - Cyprus [0-0] t.a.b [2-3]

April 20, 2019 :

Haiti - Romania [1-0]

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-27484-icihaiti-football-u-17-our-young-grenadiers-bow-face-russia-%5b3-0%5d.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27445-haiti-sports-our-grenadiers-u-17-in-europe-for-a-friendly-match-against-russia.html

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