Unfortunately this
time the Boys of the Norn Iron, had the misfortunes of taking the dive after a non-rehearsed
and unfortunate play that brought down the curtain for them so abruptly in this
edition of Euro. Being their first of this events and with the way they have been
performing and surprising everyone, a loss we can state was a bit unjust.
After all this match
was one for the ages and considered as important for both squads in this round of
16, when Wales and North Ireland were playing for their pass into the next
stages in the round of 8. Very well as both squads playing their first ever
Euro and being in the knockout rounds as well, the outcome of the game at the
end was a painful one for the Ireland
Boys.
Ask that to the Norn
Iron defender Gareth Mc Auley a man of many battles and experience, suddenly this
turned out against him and his squad. As many possibilities float of whatever happened
in the end of this match and in it’s the last stages, suddenly his nerves or misjudgment
of that play between Bale and Ramsey directed to Robson- Kanu suddenly turned
sour for the Norn Iron.
As the pressure
exercised by the Welsh Dragons in the last minutes of this match became their gain
as the opposite for the Norn Iron being their most bitter of losses by an
infamous own goal.
What a match we
witness from both of this gladiators going at it minute-by-minute and play by
play as many considered it as a much-disputed one and with the essence of being
their last to be played by both of these squads.
Things happen and adversities
can occur and this success cannot be one that Mc Auley will live all of his
life, to err is human and this time lady luck was not with him, still this is a
player that his experience and knowledge of the game considered as vital.
As the Norn Iron
seeing the score, their attacking momentum never stopped until their inspiration
stopped abruptly by an injury incident caused by the Welsh and the referee decided
to put a halt shortly. Besides losing time, the Green and White Army Boss cited
a loss of time that caused his side to lose control and its inspiration that
could be decisive and a game changer.
Despite the loss one thing,
we saw from the Norn Iron besides its improvement and display of a more
competitive football and displayed in this Euro and the qualifiers, this is a squad
to observe in the end. Still this is not the end for the Green, White Army as
their next appointment with destiny will be the World Cup qualifiers, and by
far this squad has all the elements of netting a pass into the world top-notch
event in football.
For the North Ireland
squad is back home, for Wales is their next date with destiny, and rivals to be
between Belgium and Hungary. At the end, kudos for the North Ireland Boys and
their all-around efforts in all of their matches played in this edition of
Euro.
One thing we can state
of the Norn Iron is their drive, spirit and ambition that put this squad in the
round of 16 and the misfortunes already mentioned provoked their exit from
Euro. Still I applaud this energetic group assembled and chiseled as an all-around
winner by Manager Michael O’ Neill.
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