In-form Sheffield Wednesday attacker debuts - but duo left to wait for more minutes
Sheffield Wednesday attacker, Devlan Moses, made his debut for Northern Ireland’s U21s on Friday evening.
The 20-year-old attacker has been in fantastic form in the youth setup at Middlewood Road this season, scoring 17 goals in his 10 games so far. His efforts in the academy saw him handed some vital first-team minutes by Henrik Pedersen, and he was also rewarded with a call-up to the NI U21s for the first time.
A knock sustained in his last game in blue and white put his place in Tommy Wright’s squad in doubt, but he was able to shake it off and get the green light to make the trip to Germany. He started on the bench in Braunschweig, but was given the last 20 minutes to try and show what he’s capable of. Unfortunately the damage had already been done, with the Germans getting two first-half goals before an injury-time third secured a 3-0 victory for the hosts. Nicolo Tresdoli got a brace, with Nelson Weiper scoring the third goal in the 90th minute.
Next up is a clash with Latvia on Tuesday, and the young academy gradate will be hoping to get a bit more time out there on the field at international before he returns to Wednesday for the final push in the Championship.
Elsewhere, it was a rough afternoon for Wales’ U19s as they were beaten 4-0 by the United States of America. Neither Will Grainger nor Logan Stretch started the tie in Spain, but the former came on for the final 30 minutes while the latter replaced Luis Lines at the break.
Cavan Sullivan, Santiago Morales, Jose Magaña and Justin Ellis got the goals for the Americans, who turned it on in the second half to score twice and put the game to bed... Grainger and Stretch will now prepare to return to Sheffield, with the former no doubt hoping to play some part in the final games of the season for the Owls.