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Ireland’s Evan Ferguson about to score his side’s first goal during their UEFA EURO 2024 Championship qualifying group B victory over Gibraltar at Estádio Algarve in Faro, Portugal. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
The visiting fans got the lament out of the way early, a few bars of Fields of Athenry the soundtrack to the opening exchanges of a surreal international fixture.
When the 3,000 or so travelling fans had booked their trip to this encounter, they would have known there was a strong possibility of a non-event. The ideal world scenario involved the three points being relevant with a view to setting up a meaningful trip to Amsterdam next month.
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