Ruthless Ireland U17s beat Hungary book Euro quarter-final spot

Republic of Ireland U17s 4-2 Hungary

The Republic of Ireland have qualified for the quarter-finals of the UEFA European Under-17 Championships after a 4-2 win over hosts Hungary.

Colin O'Brien's side went into their final Group A game knowing that they had to win in order to reach the knockout stages as Hungary had a superior goal difference.

And the Boys in Green got the result they needed to advance through two goals each from Luke Kehir and Mason Melia.

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Ireland will now face the winner of Group B in Saturday's quarter-final, with Spain currently occupying that position ahead of Wednesday's final round of games in that group.

Ireland took an early lead through Kehir after four minutes as the winger fired in after finding himself in space after a corner caused chaos in the Hungarian box.

But Hungary levelled six minutes later after an own goal from centre-back Jake Grante.

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However, Melia restored Ireland's lead midway through the half after heading in Ike Orazi's corner.

The St Patrick's Athletic forward extended that lead just after the half-hour mark when he turned the ball in from close range after Shamrock Rovers' Orazi sent in a low cross from the left.

Ireland made it four on the hour mark as Melia