Watch: Remarkable controversy as Republic of Ireland U17s knocked out of Euros
The Irish keeper was sent off during the penalty shoot-out.
Republic of Ireland Under-17s exited the European Championship in controversial fashion in Chesterfield when goalkeeper Jimmy Corcoran was sent off during the penalty shoot-out against Holland.
Corcoran saved Holland’s fifth spot-kick from Daishawn Redan to seemingly keep his side’s hopes alive – only to be issued his second yellow card from referee Zbynek Proske for coming off his line.
The remarkable exchange saw a distraught Corcoran forced to hand his goalkeeper’s shirt to defender Oisin McEntee.
Redan made no mistake with his second attempt, this time against McEntee, to send the Dutch through to the semi-finals after a game which had ended 1-1.
The Republic had forced their way back into the match after the Dutch capped a spell of dominance by grabbing the lead in the 62nd minute with a powerful header by Liam van Gelderen.
But the Irish were level almost immediately when a clever one-two between Troy Parrott and Jason Knight in the box resulted in the former sweeping home a superb shot.
