Ireland strolled to a 4-0 Nations League win in Budapest tonight.
Hungary 0 Republic of Ireland 4 IF THE PREFACE, BODY and afterword of Ireland’s World Cup story was filled with drama and distraction, the start of team’s next volume has been free of it all.
On tonight’s evidence, Ireland are going to saunter to promotion to League A, which offers the chance of automatic qualification for the Euros and guarantees at least a play-off. Payne was the first of the Irish players to come close, taking O’Sullivan’s pass and side-footing a shot that looked clunky but was almost effective, palmed onto the crossbar by the back-pedalling Hungarian ‘keeper. A few minutes later O’Sullivan slid a beautiful pass in behind for Carusa, who strode toward goal but saw her shot blocked by the recovering Laura Kovacs.
It was a casually sensational goal from McCabe, effective from the kinds of central positions in which she didn’t occupy during the World Cup. She was released to play further forward after half-time, when Izzy Atkinson slotted into left wing-back replaced Lucy Quinn. O’Sullivan deservedly got Ireland’s fourth goal. The move began with substitute Megan Connolly dispossessing the hapless Fenyvesi, who strode forward and released Carusa, whose pull back to the penalty spot was swept in by O’Sullivan.
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