Max O’Leary marked his long -awaited senior international debut with two vital rescues to save the blushing of the Republic of Ireland in Luxembourg.
The 28-year-old keeper in Bristol City, who was called up for the first time six years ago, denied Danel Sinani and replaced Vincent on both sides of the peace to ensure that Ireland came up with a 0-0 friendly tie before launching their world cup qualification campaign in September.
Skipper Nathan Collins went against the post and replacement Jack Taylor against the end of one of the bar, but the visitors, who expanded their undefeated run to four games for a crowd of only 6,312, could not find a winner for head coach Heimir Hallgrimson on his 58th birthday.
A team torn of most of his Sky Bet Championship players because their season ended more than a month ago will look very different when the qualifications come, but few those auditions have transferred those auditions in the Stade de Luxembourg, stabbed a convincing claim against Hungary or Armenia.
O’Leary had to collect Tomas Moreira’s 13th minute Cross under pressure from Sinani and then saw Gerson Rodrigues, whose participation after his conviction on three accusations of abuse and battery, one against a former girlfriend, remains controversial evidence-a banner in the stadium was a shot for violence against women “-a shot for Violence against Women”-a shot for women “-a shot for women”-a shot for women “-a shot for violence”-a shot for violence “-a shot for violence”-a shot for violence against women “-a shot with women”-a shot for violence against women “-a shot for violence against women”
But the Republic fell behind almost nine minutes later when the loose pass of Evan Ferguson Sinani allowed to slip away from the desperate sliding challenge of Killian Phillips and send O’Leary diving to him to palm a curly attempt.
Rodrigues drove a 37th minute ball over the face of the goal, which was only just too strong for Eldin Dzogovic in the distant pole after Luxembourg again on the left as a low -quality game that was linked to the rest.
The men of Hallgrimsson, however, went two minutes before the break when Dara O’Shea helped Will Smallbone’s free kick back over the goal for Collins to go upright.
Kasey McATer injected some life into the difficult Irish attack with an entrepreneurial run and shot that slipped wide from the distant pole within two minutes after the restart, but if it had not been for the Block of Jason Knight on the other side, Schipper Jans would have started the home team with 49 minutes.
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McATer may have had on his way to the goal of replacement Ryan Manning’s Cross, but chose to choose Troy Parrott, who was unable to convert with opening the game, and O’Leary had to save from Aiman Dardari as Luxembourg responded.
The opportunities came to both ends with Taylor-wispers fellow feast Ebosele’s 63rd minute Pull-Back Net Wijd and O’Leary who saved Thill’s drilled attempt with his left foot seconds, but it was Taylor who came closest to winning the Death Balk.
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