15-11-17 EURO QUALIFIER
WORLD CUP
ROI 1-5 DENMARK
ERIKSEN STRIVES ON
BIG OCCASION
After a goalless first leg, the hosts made the perfect start
by scoring after just six minutes as defender Shane Duffy nodded in his second
international goal when the visitors failed to clear a free-kick.
But the Danes netted twice in the space of three first-half
minutes, courtesy of Cyrus Christie's own goal and Eriksen's stunning strike.
That left the Republic - who could have gone further ahead
after taking the lead, but saw striker Daryl Murphy flick an effort into the
side netting and winger James McClean drive wide following a slick team move -
needing to score twice more to qualify.
But in the second half Tottenham midfielder Eriksen curled
in from the edge of the box and then thumped in from inside the area to secure
his treble and seal the tie.
Former Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner came on with six
minutes to go and slotted a late penalty after he was brought down as Denmark,
who failed to qualify for Brazil 2014, booked their trip to Russia next year.
MY
OPINION
The Republic scored their goal
to ea5rly as this meant Denmark had to play and the fact they could not get a second
before Denmark equali9sed was what destroyed them but I do think that they do
not have the players at the moment to solve a problem. Ireland need quality
which they do not have in places where they once did. They need to develop new
players and maybe the best way to do that is the Irish League developing into a
stronger one or not find all their players in England and sell their nation as
there have been examples of the England player that would not get a cap for
them but would get 50 caps for Ireland.
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