Agony for Republic of Ireland as they lose penalty shootout in Slovakia

08-Oct-2020 21:42:04 | Guardian

The Republic of Ireland’s European qualification campaign reached a painful conclusion as they lost a penalty shootout to Slovakia. Alan Browne had a spot kick saved by the goalkeeper, Marek Rodak, before Matt Doherty struck an effort against the crossbar. Slovakia scored all their penalties to set up a showdown with Northern Ireland.

The defeat was all the more agonising for Stephen Kenny because his team had played brightly in the preceding 120 minutes but missed chances to clinch victory.