Despite early concession of goals and lack of cohesion, their resilience still bodes well
Adam Idah rises highest to score Ireland’s equaliser deep into injury time at the Aviva Stadium. Photo: Seb Daly/Sportsfile
After all the chat during the week about the importance of calm, Ireland somehow found a way to survive a storm.
The trek to Armenia today won’t be long enough to make sense of a World Cup qualifier that was both brutal and brilliant, a ‘hands in front of the eyes’ thriller that ended with a familiar Irish outcome, a home draw in a game that they probably needed to win.