A glimpse of hope
hovers over the horizon with another holdup for the Green Army after a disappointing
loss to one goal against lone group leader Serbia.
At least that dam
winning streak came to a halt abruptly but stopped, after the Republic of
Ireland just posting simple draws, now it came to the decisive moment for them.
With a couple of
crucial and nerve cracking matches against Moldova and closing with now second
place Wales and with a point advantage after their catapult, now is a matter of
how serious is O’ Neill and company to deliver.
Still not even with
the home field advantage and the frantic support from the thousands on hand at
the colossus of Dublin were enough to entice the Boys in Green to start
something, despite the faithful Lansdowne roar to uplift their spirits.
The idea today was to
deliver a fatal blow to the Serbs to jump to the top and start dreaming of
Russia.
Not today and now the
question arises will they seal the deal in Cardiff, after Moldova if these don’t
play again the infamous role of spoilers as the way the Georgians did it to
them on Saturday.
Is this team to play
the always tense and contested playoffs in order to achieve something, with the
squad O’ Neill and Keane have to compete, the Republic of Ireland came to this,
c’mon Boys in Green!
This squad is built
for much bigger and one of a kind achievements.
However, down but not
out and lamenting this loss at Aviva, hopefully this serves as a lesson to the
Greens that playing at home you need to be invincible and away you play with
heart and an unmeasured spirit.
Especially when your
foes have, ten men in the field after that red card to Nikola Maksimovic
leaving the door open for many things to happen in favor of the locals and their
Boss did nothing despite the moves.
This was now and the
prospects of catching up Serbia who leads the Green Army in the overall group
by five points will be with a couple of losses by the Balkan Boys will close
out group play against Austria and Georgia.
The results that come
from these matches will be important for the Republic of Ireland looking
forward to a miracle and good position if these are to make the second round playoffs,
one thing for sure the Austrians and Georgians will have a fan in the Eire
Boys.
As they say, it is
not over until it is over and in October, we will see the courage a hungry Green
Army display in the field of that dynamic game that will brings them to deliver
the ultimate of comebacks.
When the going gets
tough it is when this squad delivers, as you recall the past EURO.
Still today’s loss is
something the Greens must learn from it and no sense pointing fingers to both
players and managers alike, this is a team thing, not a one man show, everyone is
at fault.
With time already out
and despite being down in the canvas, there is a ray of light at the end of the
tunnel, will Martin O’ Neill and his Green Army deliver the ultimate of miracles,
one way to found out in October.
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