Mick McCarthy's voice stayed urgent, seats emptying behind him, a rattling chain still hauling his players into order. Mick McCarthy's voice stayed urgent, seats emptying behind him, a rattling chain still hauling his players into order. They looked a team that wanted to challenge their own limitations as distinct from one compelled to run from them. Because much as Ireland were labouring, Gibraltar just didn't look a team with a goal in it. The eccentric Goldwin continuously put his kick-outs out of play; Ireland kept playing passes to invisible men.

Source: Irish Independent June 11, 2019 01:30 UTC