Abbie Larkin of Republic of Ireland in action against Tatiana Petrova of Russia during the Pinatar Cup semi-final at La Manga in Murcia, Spain. Photo: Manuel Queimadelos/SportsfileAn early goal proved to be the difference as a much-changed Republic of Ireland lost 1-0 to Russia in the Pinatar Cup in La Manga, Spain on Saturday evening. Included amongst those changes were debuts given to goalkeeper Megan Walsh, defender Chloe Mustaki and forward Abbie Larkin. On 70 minutes, Walsh saved superbly with her feet to deny Korovkina and again was called into a similar stop later on. Russia: Julia Grichenko; Anna Belomyttseva, Kristina Mashkova, Elina Samoilova, Alsu Abdullina; Lina Iakupova, Tatiana Petrova, Elizaveta Lazareva, Marina Fedorova, Ekaterina Pantiukhina, Nelli Korovkina.

Source: Irish Independent February 19, 2022 23:59 UTC