Republic of Ireland 0-1 Luxembourg - GOAL - Gerson Rodrigues
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GERSON RODRIGUES IS destined to become the answer to many future pub quiz questions.
The 25-year-old Dynamo Kiev star produced a fine finish in the 85th minute to inflict a morale-crushing blow to the Irish team and earn a famous victory for Luxembourg.
Losing at home to the side ranked 98th in the world is bound to be remembered as one of the worst losses in Irish football history.
Whatever happens from this point on, it will almost certainly be seen as a major lowpoint of the Stephen Kenny era.
The situation, it appears, cannot get much worse for the team at present, with their World Cup qualification hopes seemingly over after two just matches.
2008 - Coming into tonight Luxembourg had won just three of their 124 away matches in EURO/World Cup qualifiers (D10 L111) and were winless in their last 28 away qualifying matches (D6 L22) since a 2-1 win over Switzerland in September 2008. Alarming. pic.twitter.com/MrPTdAW9ta
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) March 27, 2021
Wonder if he’s convinced the owners to write off this season. Just get back into Champions League and used the time to evaluate new signings. Squad needs a serious refresh particularly at left back.
It seems a strange move alright. Even if he concentrates on champions league. He still needs to have the quality to compete in Europe, and at the moment that defense won’t be good enough.
Klopp bought Van Dyke in January, and it changed their season.
@Thefallguy: I think if they have laporte back soon (I think he’s back in January) they could win the champions league. Between themselves and Liverpool for me. I think city should forget about the fa cup and league cup and only focus on the league and perhaps more importantly champ’s league.