Hungary v Rep Of Ireland World Cup win or go home clash

If I'm correct:

That is the first time an Irish player has scored a hattrick away from home.

Parrott has 18 goals in 18 games for club and country this season

Just in case you were confused lads, this is clarification from the BBC.

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Just as much as all Irish fans are elated, I have a bit of sympathy for the Hungarian fans. They were in a state of shock after the last goal. I was terrified that they were going to score a late goal. I don't know how I would have coped with the shift from joy to despair

Also that Irish team really were amazing. It wasn't an insane thought going into that game against Germany that we might win.

This team has a fair amount of dead weight and if they qualify will easily be the biggest miracle in Irish football history.

Don't they just.

I was 13. It changed everything. You could feel it. There was Ireland until 1989, and Ireland from 1990 onwards.

People were inspired and emboldened. Optimism permeated every corner. I genuinely dont think there would have been the economic revolution and the taking down of the old Catholic Church run theocracy, without the confidence that Italia '90 and USA '94 gave people.

Younger folk reading this now might think I'm cracked in the head, but honestly, that's how profound the impact was.

Afraid that is not correct. I think we play a single leg match away against a pot 2 team, possibly Scotland, Wales or Slovenia. If we win that, we play away again against possibly Italy, Turkey, Poland or Ukraine. Not sure where the Ukraine match would be played

Under 40...knee in bits

Oh no....anyway!

Not much sympathy for anything Hungary related, players or fans. Baying for full time whistle right aftr 5 mins after lot of time wasting, they can't complain.

Absolutely fùck them. Got everything they deserved. Kerkez and Sallai had 3 fatal injuries only to rise like Lazarus 30 seconds after the magic whistle blew. And Szobozlai was slowly walking around preening and fixing his hair like he was a fùckin Kardashian. They were awful time wasters in both games so fot time to run out for themselves was delicious to see.

From the BBC

• This was the first time since September 1999 that the Republic of Ireland conceded 2+ goals in a competitive away game and managed to win (3-2 v Malta in a World Cup qualifier). Coming into Sunday, they were winless in 19 when they had conceded 2+ goals in competitive away trips (D4 L15).
• Parrott became the first hat-trick scorer in a competitive game for the Republic of Ireland since Robbie Keane in October 2014 (3 goals v Gibraltar), while he is the first player in the nation's history to score a hat-trick in an away match.
• Parrott became just the fourth Republic of Ireland player to score 2+ goals in consecutive appearances (2 v Portugal and 3 v Hungary), after Jimmy Dunne in 1936, Robbie Keane in 2013 and Callum Robinson in 2021.

He doesn't just reach it he rakes it down to put it under the keepers reach. It was amazing.

That Hungary side had the upper hand on us the whole group for consistency in results right up to the last game 90+ mins , nearly a years work down the drain….do or die is right