- Lifestyle & Sports
- 08 Oct 14
Foul Play: Between a rock and a hard place
Ireland’s next two Euro qualifiers find us hosting Gibraltar before travelling to Germany. The world champions present a formidable challenge, but Ireland can feel cautiously optimistic...
Crunch time, then, as mighty Gibraltar visit these shores for a key six-pointer, followed three days later by Ireland’s return to Gelsenkirchen, graveyard of our Euro ’88 dreams. In terms of difficulty, the two fixtures could hardly be further removed.