Akos Kecskes of Hungary and Jason Knight of Republic of Ireland during the international friendly. Photo by Alex Nicodim/SportsfileAs Ireland battled for a draw against Hungary, here are five things we learned from the game in Budapest. Yet again, against a half-decent international side, Ireland struggled to create a single chance from open play in Budapest until the last few minutes of the match. For all the evidence is that both Caoimhin Kelleher and Gavin Bazunu are going to mature into quality players between the sticks for Ireland. 4 We need to play all the quality we can musterThree centre-halves and wing-backs may have to become the way to go for Stephen Kenny’s Ireland.

Source: Irish Independent June 08, 2021 20:15 UTC