Devastated…

Well, it’s taken me two days to sit down and write this, I can’t believe we lost our opening game in the Euro’s against Croatia.

We conceded two soft goals in the first half and both goals couldn’t have come at a worse time, just 3 minutes into the game and just before half time!  St. Ledger had equalised for us but conceding the goal just before the first half ended left us all a bit numb. 

So what were we to do, all we could do was suck it up and try and come back out in the second half and equalise.  However, it just wasn’t our night, as just after the second half had started Croatia got a 3^rd goal.  Again, a devastating blow for the team as it came at such a bad time.  I think we just lost the momentum after that and we just weren’t breaking them down quick enough.  We had a few chances but nothing converted and the final score was 3-1 to Croatia.

So we have the Spaniards and the Italians next and all we can do is regroup and pray for a little luck.  Both Spain and Italy played each other in the first game of the group and drew 1-1.  Italy look a lot better than was expected, with a match-fixing controversy coming into the games, and they played very well against the Euro and World Cup holders Spain.  They will be two very tough games but you never know!

So to try and instill a bit of hope back in the build-up to Thursday’s game, here’s a little video you might like to watch!  C’mon the Boys in Green.

Ireland's best moments at major tournaments