Ireland certain to qualify for European Championship soccer finals - win 4-0
By: Sean O'Shea | Published Friday, November 11, 2011, 5:00 PM | Updated Friday, November 11, 2011, 5:00 PM
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| Keith Andrews celebrates his goal during the 35th minute |
Ireland has won 4-0 lead making Tuesday night's game against Estonia, in Dublin, formality.
Update -90 minutes in:
Ireland score a forth goal. Penalty from Ireland captain Robbie Keane puts Ireland in a 4-0 lead.
Update - 86 minutes in: Estonia down to nine men. Skipper Raio Piiroja picks up his second yellow card.
Ireland substitution: Jonathan Walters off, Simon Cox on.
Update - 70 minutes in :
Ireland now in the lead, 3 - 0, with goals from Jonathan Walters and Robbie Keane.
Update - Half-time :
At half-time the Republic of Ireland team are in the lead against Estonia, in Tallinn, The first goal was headed into by Keith Andrews.
Andrews, from a yard or two outside the six-year box, rose above his marker and got to the end of an Aiden McGeady cross. He planted a firm header past Sergei Pareiko.
The Estonia team are also weakened as they are now down to ten men.
A ball played into the feet of Robbie Keane who gets upended and Andrei Stepanov shown a second yellow and is sent off.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.GeorgeDillon | Nov 11, 2011, 05:31 PM EST
You gotta hand it to Trappatoni. He's the luckiest manager around. His mediocre team gets drawn against the worst team in the play-offs. Any team which allows Ireland to score four times must be real garbage.