Ireland faced Finland in a UEFA Nations League clash
A man of the match performance from Robbie Brady helped inspire Ireland to victory over Finland as Heimir Hallgrimsson recorded his first win as Boys in Green boss at the third attempt.
Brady smashed home an 88th-minute decider to snatch a 2-1 win at Helsinki’s Olympic Stadium after Scales had cancelled out Joel Pohjanpalo’s first-half opener with his first senior international goal. For Hallgrimsson, who launched his reign with back-to-back defeats by England and Greece last month, a first win – just a third for the Republic in 19 Nations League fixtures – in what opposite number Markku Kanerva had described as a potential relegation decider in League B2, will have come as a welcome boost.The players are straight over to the fans at the final whistle!It has taken nine games, but Ireland finally get a Nations League win on the road. The players are back over with the fans.
Robbie Brady scored the goal that earned Ireland a first ever Nations League away win, as the Boys in Green beat Finland in HelsinkiFormer Ireland star Shay Given was full of praise for a battling Nations League performance that delivered a much-needed victory and transforms the players mentally heading into Greece clashThis win is vindication for the quiet work Heimir Hallgrimsson has been doing behind the scenes with the Republic of Ireland.In the first half, Ireland stank the place out.
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