A half of two halves.
Wes Hoolahan lifted every Ireland fan out of their seats just three minutes after the break when he curled Seamus Coleman’s wonderful chipped cross into Isaksson’s bottom-left corner.
From that point on, Ireland largely relinquished their hold on the game and Sweden turned up the pressure. Ireland endured corner after corner and the chances largely dried up for the boys in green.
Sweden continued to press and on the 70th minute, Ibrahimovic shook off John O’Shea a clipped a cross into the danger zone, where Ciaran Clark unfortunately turned the ball into his own net.
In a somewhat typically Irish fashion, Ireland started playing again once Sweden levelled the score but it wasn’t enough to seal the win, even with Robbie Keane’s introduction to the fray.
Here are some tweets that summed up Ireland’s second-half performance:
A Zlatanesque finish that from Hoolahan #IREvSWE
— Mark Chapman (@markchapman) June 13, 2016
https://twitter.com/mtthwrks/status/742405049482088448
If Hoolahan was Spanish he'd be worth millions 😍
— Shane Burke (@Burkey_28) June 13, 2016
There are screams coming from the apartment block I'm walking past. So either someone is in trouble or Ireland scored?
— Megan Roantree (@MeganRoantree) June 13, 2016
The Irish players should be hypnotised before the game to always believe they're a goal down. #COYBIG
— Colm Tobin (@colmtobin) June 13, 2016
Ozil assists his team mates, Zlatan assists his opponent to score for him.
— Afeez (@Official_tayo) June 13, 2016
Feel sorry for Clark because apart from that own goal he's had a good game #avfc
— Callum J Jones (@CjJones94) June 13, 2016
https://twitter.com/stella4pierce/status/742412333700485122
I hope his feet are as menacing as his eyes #robbiekeane #IRE #IREvSWE #COYBIG
— Karen Hughes (@EmeraldInterior) June 13, 2016
The much maligned McClean still plays like a 12 year old.. Few step overs, never lift the head and hope someone is at the end of it #COYBIG
— Colm Woods (@CollieWoods) June 13, 2016
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