Second leg of the playoff is live on Eurosport
Getting beat 1-0
3-2 down in the tie
Check out the Icelandic right back taking the throw in.
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Second leg of the playoff is live on Eurosport
Getting beat 1-0
3-2 down in the tie
Check out the Icelandic right back taking the throw in.
Yep..
Thought it ended 2-2 :confused::confused:
http://www.uefa.com/Live/Competition...163/index.html
Text updates (of sorts )
Well beaten in the end.
Don't think we had a shot on goals.
Nothin for nothin lads but its very disheartening to see a country not even half our population being able to 'manhandle' us like that. Just doesn't add up. A lot of our lot are playing for Arsenal and other top teams. It seems like a lot of people freeze when they pull on the green shirt.
Look not that I'm an expert in women's football but Iceland are definitely no Norway or Sweden.
This was Ireland's best chance to qualify for a major tournament and they blew it. Not that I'm gonna lose any sleep over it it's just disappointing when teams don't take their chances.
what does the iceland right back look like anyone got a pic? Dodge?!
To be fair Iceland are ranked 18th in the world whereas Ireland are ranked 28th so it would have been expected of the home side to progress!
That said, the pitch was frozen and the players seemed to have a lot of problems on it - seems it was -2 degrees at kick off and got colder!
As for the Icelandic defender - a forward sommersault before throwing in the ball was her party piece! But there were quite a lot of good lookers on the team! :rolleyes:
remember the estonian player that used to do this as well?! whats the point in doing it anyway?
I thought our goalie was to blame for each of the 3 goals but there's no doubting that Iceland were far the better side and were going to score one way or the other.
A lot of our play was aimless kicks forward and there was way too much space between our lone forward and the midfield.
Live coverage of the Northern Ireland v Republic of Ireland on BBC's website: http://www.bbc.com/sport/live/footba...rthern_ireland
Took the lead in first-half stoppage time through an own-goal that resulted directly from a dangerous long throw into the NI box.
I'm at the game. So far we are much the better side. The NI right back isn't a bad player though.
Mourneview Park is a great wee ground.
It's been pretty much one-way traffic, bar a headed chance for NI from a corner that forced a good save from Hourihan. The goal was only a matter of time. Second half has just started now.
Roche with the ball in the net for the second, but ruled out for offside
Met her at the Sweden game at the Euros last year, was really nice and must have posed for a few hundred photos over the course of the game.
2-0
I was right behind her and that was a goal the second it left her foot.
Megan Campbell, great strike. She's been the best player on the night.
goal online here: https://twitter.com/BBCSPORTNI/statu...33233618538496
Is it usual that they don't play the anthems before these games or did the authorities decide to skip them just for tonight's fixture for some reason?
Safety concerns - http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41332126
IFA kop out. The UEFA delegate hands were tied and had to give the decision. If the IFA had stated that they were not going to give into sectarianism/xenophobia, then he would have supported them. The PSNI would in turn be duty bound to put measures in place to deal with any so-called threat. It was any easy out.
It will be interesting to see what potentially happens in the future, when the IFA have decisions to make on anthems and flags, especially given there statements and meetings with political parties pre and post the 2013 Irish Cup final. Not that I'm suggesting IFA double standards.....:p
Aye, agree it was "easy"- or at least easier that filling the ground with Police officers. The thing is, there is a range of direct and other costs, and for the second option they're likely higher.
The same (no flags or anthems) happening in future must be likely. Ideally they'll take advice from the Police and ignore Andree Murphy and Nelson Mancausla (or whoever speaks for the Shinners and Dupes now they don't bother talking to local media direct).Quote:
It will be interesting to see what potentially happens in the future, when the IFA have decisions to make on anthems and flags, especially given there statements and meetings with political parties pre and post the 2013 Irish Cup final. Not that I'm suggesting IFA double standards.....:p
Point taken on double standards
What would they need to be filling the ground with police for? This is baffling.
Deploying the cops is a predictable and reasonable response to the threat of public disorder.
Not using potentially contentious flags and emblems similarly- and likely cheaper (in broad terms) as I suggested.
What's to baffle? This is hardly unprecedented at sporting events in NI.
Did someone (or some group) threaten to endanger people's safety/lives (within the ground?) if the tricolour was flown and 'Amhrán na bhFiann' was played?
That's the implication of reports today which mentioned safety concerns.
It's not unprecedented but surely you'd expect such carry on not to occur a match attended by a few hundred people, many of them kids, where the flying of flags is not only commonplace but normally mandatory. I know people up there are obsessed with flags but I thought at least some people would take a day off.
2 points
#1 None of this has anything to do with the IWNT
#2 As someone who was at the game i was quite pleased with the flegs/anthems approach taken by the organisers. I took my daughter along to what turned out to be a friendly family event. The last thing I wanted was to be witness to a political row. I honestly didn't give a damn if they had the flags, didn't have the flags, or attempted to prove John Hume wrong by eating the flags.
The number of comments made about flags vs the number of comments made about a good 2-0 win for the girls in... err... white would suggest the obsession with flags doesn't miraculously end somewhere between Crossmaglen and Carrickmacross :p