{"id":290618,"date":"2025-11-17T15:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/290618\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T15:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:11:12","slug":"romas-ferguson-watches-irelands-96th-minute-hungary-winner-in-irish-pub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/290618\/","title":{"rendered":"Roma\u2019s Ferguson watches Ireland\u2019s 96th-minute Hungary winner in Irish Pub"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>              <a class=\"mg-blog-thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/romas-ferguson-watches-ireland-in-irish-pub\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/582054357_18385640377195453_2569.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-926658 has-webp\" alt=\"Roma striker Evan Ferguson after Hungary 2-3 Republic of Ireland in 2026 World Cup qualification (@scholarsloungerome via Instagram)\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/800;max-width:1200px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Roma striker Evan Ferguson after Hungary 2-3 Republic of Ireland in 2026 World Cup qualification (@scholarsloungerome via Instagram)\n<\/p>\n<p><\/a>              &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Roma striker Evan Ferguson watched his compatriots secure a spot in the World Cup play-offs thanks to Troy Parrot\u2019s last-gasp winner against Hungary from an Irish Pub in Rome, having stayed on with the Giallorossi during the November international break.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Republic of Ireland secured second place in Group F thanks to a pair of impressive victories over Portugal and Hungary in their last two qualifiers over the last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Heimir Hallgr\u00edmsson\u2019s side defeated Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal 2-0 in Dublin on Thursday evening, before going on to overtake Hungary into second place in the standings with a 3-2 win in Budapest on Sunday evening. A Parrott hat-trick, the third goal coming in the 96th minute, knocked the hosts out and sent Ireland into a frenzy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson watches Hungary 2-3 Ireland in Roman Irish Pub<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson, who already has 26 caps for his nation at the age of 21, was not part of the squad for the November international break, though.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson, on loan at Roma from Brighton with an option to buy, <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/roma-make-ferguson-decision-hungary-vs-ireland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">had originally been called up <\/a>by Hallgr\u00edmsson, but eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/roma-make-ferguson-decision-hungary-vs-ireland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ended up staying on in Italy<\/a> for fitness reasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Not able to take part himself, Ferguson instead opted to watch Ireland\u2019s memorable 3-2 win over Hungary from an Irish pub in the centre of Rome.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He had his picture taken and shared by the Scholars Lounge on Via del Plebiscito in the centre of Rome.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                                &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tPost navigation&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roma striker Evan Ferguson after Hungary 2-3 Republic of Ireland in 2026 World Cup qualification (@scholarsloungerome via Instagram)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-290618","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}