INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY : REPUBLIC OF IRELAND VS QATAR – 28/05/2026 (PHOTO – NATHAN COLLINS CELEBRATES)

MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND NATHAN COLLINS FOR HIS SUPERB HEADER AT JUST 4 MINS. INTO THE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND AND QATAR, WHICH ACTUALLY TURNED OUT TO BE THE WINNER LAST NIGHT!

THERE WAS MUCH ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THOUGH, WITH THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND HAVING 7 CORNERS, (63% POSSESSION), AND 5 SHOTS WITH 2 ON-TARGET. IT WAS ALSO A VERY FEISTY MATCH WITH REPUBLIC OF IRELAND’S JACK MOYLAND BEING SHOWN A RED CARD AT 44 MINS. (BELOW)

AND QATAR’S ALMOEZ ALI ALSO BEING GIVEN A RED AT 78 MINS! QATAR HAD 3 CORNERS, AND 8 SHOTS, WITH 1 ON-TARGET, BUT NO GOALS ON THIS OCCASION, SO THE MATCH WENT TO REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 1 – 0, WHO NOW HEAD FOR MONTREAL FOR THEIR FRIENDLY AGAINST CANADA ON JUNE 6TH AND QATAR LAUNCHING THEIR GROUP B CAMPAIGN AGAINST SWITZERLAND IN SAN FRANCISCO ON JUNE 13TH.