Cardiff striker Magennis knocks home two for NI U21's

Young Cardiff City striker Josh Magennis was the star of Northern Ireland Under-21 6-2 defeat to Iceland by bagging both goals.

The game was all but over by the end of the first half with the home team 4-0 down one of the changes manager Steve Beaglehole did for the second half was to send on the young Cardiff City striker. The former goalkeeper turn striker was described has a livewire after coming on. He scored his first goal just after Iceland had taken a 5-0lead in the 58th minute, with the score now 5-1 the Icelanders soon scored again and once again Magennis stepped up and score his second of the night. The game final ended a disappointed 6-2.

Cardiff seems to uncovered a gem in Magennis who started the season on the bench coming on later in the second half. He scored his first senior goal for the Bluebirds in the Carling Cup win over Bristol Rovers after coming on for the last 11 minutes. He could do with a short loan provided if Cardiff City boss Dave Jones was mined, he is likely to be on the bench for much of the coming season with Michael Chopra, Jay Bothroyd and Ross McCormack in front of him. It could only favour both Cardiff and the player if here was to have some prolonged match experience