A decent draw for Martin O’Neill’s men.
Ireland have done their Euro 2016 preparations no harm with a 1-1 draw against The Netherlands at the Aviva Stadium.
Southampton striker Shane Long opened the scoring on the half hour mark – a tap-in front close range – with Martin O’Neill’s side dealing with the 2010 World Cup finalists relatively well throughout the match.
That was until the 85th minute, when Dutch substitute Luuk De Jong equalised courtesy of a well-placed header.
The Boys in Green will face Belarus on Tuesday at Turner’s Cross in Cork in their last friendly before the European Championships begin.
Here’s the best reaction to tonight’s game…
INTERNATIONALS: More good news for @harryarter2, who is @FAIreland's man of the match for #IRLNED. Congrats Harry! https://t.co/gFyCXD0ktz
— AFC Bournemouth 🍒 (@afcbournemouth) May 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/AlvaghCronin/status/736275117110644736
https://twitter.com/foreversaint_/status/736289472078286849
I absolutely love Shane Long 😍⚽️ #saintsfc
— Liana (@saintliana) May 27, 2016
The only thing this Holland team have in common with great Dutch sides of the past is the colour of their shirts. Even that's a bit bright
— Luke Edwards (@LukeEdwardsTele) May 27, 2016
Brady & Coleman, both excellent as attacking full backs. Arter & DMG were impressive & Shane Long was Shane Long!! Roll on #EURO2016 #COYBIG
— Niall McGarry (@MrNiallMcGarry) May 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/NialOFarrell/status/736294034046586881
Shocking defending from Duffy….tut tut tut ….continuous head shake #BallWatching #IRLNED #IreVHol
— Darren Campion (@DarrenCampo) May 27, 2016
Well Shane Duffy can kiss goodbye to a starting spot. #IreVHol
— Aidan Flood (@AidanFlood) May 27, 2016
People in Holland are cheering for you guys. We want our manager gone. :') #IreVHol
— Dirk (@CookieKenpachi) May 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/OwenzyMan/status/736295508281556992
One major point of information from the game tonight – those blue socks the Dutch were wearing just don't go with the all-orange kit.
— Boris the Human (@MartinBrodetsky) May 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/Aisling_H/status/736295302815227904
A good result for Ireland, unlucky not to win it #IRLNED #IreVHol
— Liam Mc Namara (@LiamMcNamara9) May 27, 2016
FT IRE 1 : HOL 1 #COYBIG #IreVHol 🍀🇮🇪🍀🇮🇪🍀🇮🇪🍀🇮🇪🍀🇮🇪🍀🇮🇪🍀🇮🇪
— Keith Heffernan (@Keithyheffo) May 27, 2016
Shows how the Irish team has come on – no longer treating a draw as a win #IreVHol
— Barry Kennedy (@bazkennedy) May 27, 2016
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