A big reason for that was the excellent forward partnership of Chiedozie Ogbene and Troy Parrott, who caused Portugal’s defence all sorts of problems in the first half, helped ably by Finn Azaz when he could. The double threat of Ogbene and Parrott showed in a chance in the first half where a good ball in behind created a two-v-two with Portugal’s defence. With Portugal dominating possession, right-back João Cancelo played much of the first half like an inside forward, and admittedly he did cause Ireland problems offensively. After a long pass by O’Shea, Parrott took the ball down, dribbled and shot into the corner, leaving the keeper with no chance. Troy Parrott scores his and the Republic's second goal against Portugal.
