Menu

📰
0

Pain Hallgrimsson's overriding emotion after Czechs end Irish hopes

BBC News·@Bbc·2 months ago
#IsJyWB
Reading 0:00
15s threshold

Hallgrimsson felt neither side took a full grip of the game After 120 minutes and a penalty shootout, the Republic of Ireland's World Cup dream came to a crushing end in Prague with "pain" the overriding emotion for manager Heimir Hallgrimsson. From the high of their stunning last-gasp victory over Hungary in November that sent them into the play-offs, the mood was in stark contrast for the Irish as hosts Czech Republic fought back on this occasion to force extra time and then prevail on spot-kicks. It was a night that promised so much as the Republic of Ireland found themselves two goals to the good after 23 minutes thanks to a Troy Parrott penalty and own goal from Czech goalkeeper Matej Kovar. But the hosts grabbed a lifeline from a Patrik Schick penalty soon after before captain Ladislav Krejci nodded home four minutes from time to force extra time.…

Continue reading — create a free account

Join HashtagPLUS to read full articles, follow hashtags, vote, and join the conversation.

Read More