4 penalties missed

swiss

The words of George Hamilton ring in my ears
"They almost did it, they almost did it"

What we did do was miss our best opportunity of advancement to the quarters.

Fin.

Cork

What we did do was miss our best opportunity of advancement to the quarters.

We could have won this game. Missing 4 penalties out of 6 and Roy were disasters. They cannot take away the fact, we beat Saudi.

:mad:

BKtje

wasnt it 4 from 7?
imo it doesnt make a diference how many they missed or scored.

We are out, the team did their best and we rode our luck a lot.
We coulda been out in the first half hour but the team as a whole kept plugging away and they ALL did their best even if they didnt play it.

suppafly

I thought we really deserved a winner in extra time. We were attacking so much! The spainish were hardly attacking at all, they were just playing for penalties. I really didn't want it to go to penalties cuz tbh i didn't think we would win(i was hoping we would) on penalties. The 3 missed penalties, they toke them to quickly and had too short a run up. Ohwell.

irishgeo

I agree i was hoping for the golden goal.I knew in my heart we would not win on penalties. At least there is not person wondering how they missed. I mean england pearce etc never got over it really as well as batty.

I know they lads will feel bad they missed but they will get agreat reception when they get home i think.

And dont forget the match geos down in the record books as a draw and the penalties was jsut to see who got into the next round. We didnt lose but just failed to progress.

havok*

What can I say. The better team lost. Spain where good for about the first 20 mins. By the end of the match they where nothing.

Really feel robbed of a win imo.

donaloconnor

Last 2 posts there very true

sceptre

They did us proud. not just today but all the way through the world cup.

Obviously the recriminations have started on "how we could have won if only..." but there wasn't a lot more they could have done.

Most of all in this World Cup the Irish were playing attacking football, enjoying it and finding they were good at it.

I'll console myself with the sixty euro I'll be taking off Paddy Power tomorrow (12/1 on Spain winning on penalties - it doesn't make me unpatriotic - I'd have regarded it as money well-lost of they had won)

leeroybrown

The team played very well throughout the tournament and were un-deserving loosers. The Spanish probably think they did enough to win but neutrals would have to agree that we showed the kind of spirit, quality and attacking style that has us up there with the best performing teams in the tournament.

Ultimately Spain did have some very good penalty takers and I prettymuch knew it was over as soon as I realised it was Mendieta striding up to place the ball. The man is ice cool from the spot.

Hopefully Ian Harte will be able to recover his form quickly and return to being the quality player he is when on form.

SantaHoe

Spain were so unlucky with those two off-side goals, there again Ireland was unlucky to have missed possibly the easiest shot on the goal you could ever ask for.
Was all so gut-wrenchingly close, right up untill the very last kick... shame to lose by so little though.

donaloconnor

The spanish admitted that we were the bettter team. They said that we should have won that game and that they were embarrased that spain one. Good on them for their honesty. I'd like to see an irish person say things like that if we won.

photty

dont forget how the 2 youngest guys slotted home their penos. What big brassy balls finnan and especially keane must have. It was a game of huge emotion and excitment. There is great hope for the future from this world cup performance. Spain will count themselves very very lucky.

Dustaz

Originally posted by SantaHoe
Spain were so unlucky with those two off-side goals

err, whats unlucky about being offside? The irish defense played the trap pretty well.

adeypius

the were only unlucky, because they were not offside

I was always told if in line with the last defender not offside

same thing happened in one of Italys games

Greenbean

The guidelines state that even a yard offside is allowable if uncertain - ie if the linesman thinks it was close and couldn't tell they are supposed to let it pass.

Bard

as Steve Staunton said, I only saw one team out there who actually wanted to win...

It's a pity we lost, but c'ést la vie... que sera sera and all that. There's no blame to be levied - they did a fantastic job.

Bateman

Fùcking moral victories. Pathetic and depressing, it is.

Bard

Originally posted by Bateman
Pathetic and depressing, it is.

AROUND THE SURVIVORS, A PERIMETER CREATE!

(Go see them arriving home & show your support in person)

Bateman

As I am going to be in Dublin airport this evening, I would love the opportunity to tell the team "thank you" for a fantastic fortnight. However, standing in the fùcking Phoenix Park listening to boybands (if '94 is anything to go by) isn't very personal and isn't my way of "supporting the team".