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He probably should have scored a gifted header, but by and large he made his own chances and was the only ray of hope in the game, which saw him pick up the Man of The Match award.
"It's disappointing, we came out in the second half and played very well, top performance from everybody, we were so unlucky not to get another goal. "I don't think we deserve to get the draw, I think we deserved the win, it's just very harsh and heartbreaking for all of us."The last game was so disappointing, everybody put in an unbelievable shift. As we all know it was against a top, top team, and they have world class players, so we take the positives from that game and bring it into this game.
"Unfortunately we couldn't get a win, but we were unfortunate to get the draw.""Disappointed" was the common theme from that interview, and an accurate one to describe the last two games. However, despite being a positive on the pitch, Idah's claims that Ireland "deserved" to win maybe aren't accurate. Ireland shot themselves in the foot on countless occasions - so many over-cooked passes, missed chances, and a lack of bite when defending. In the first half in particular, the defence just stepped off the Azerbaijan attack and invited them forward. The result may be disappointing, but it's no less than Ireland deserved.
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