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25 minutes ago
Ciaran Heffernan cleans the balls before the game.
Source: Bryan Keane / INPHO
39 minutes ago
Confirmation of the Irish national team then, with Ryan Manning making his debut as a left back.
START XI | Ireland v Bulgaria
Congratulations to Ryan Manning, who makes his first appearance with the senior team tonight
James Collins, Ronan Curtis and Daryl Horgan start as the front three while Jason Knight starts in midfield 👌#COYBIG | #IRLBUL pic.twitter.com/PSvaeYNNXZ
– FAIreland ⚽️🇮🇪 (@FAIreland) November 18, 2020
41 minutes ago
Hello and welcome to tonight’s live blog.
Ireland are yet to win in the Stephen Kenny era, and their only goal since the coach took office was in the reverse match for this game in early September.
Preparation for this match has not been ideal for Ireland, to put it mildly.
They don’t have 13 from the original team Kenny picked; in fact, you can literally pick a team of potential starters from the missing.
Furthermore, they must not lose to avoid relegation to the third division of the Nations League, with Bulgaria currently trailing them by one point in the group, having lost all their matches except Ireland’s match so far.
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