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Published 12:26 15 May 2018 BST
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"I’m sure their keeper might have come off the line as well, but it was his decision and there’s nothing we could do about it. Nothing we can dwell on now."I couldn’t be any prouder – they gave 100 per cent in every game." Meanwhile Ireland manager Colin O'Brien said that his team were devastated at the result but that his players have big careers ahead of them in the sport. https://twitter.com/RTEsoccer/status/996124088207753216 "I think he said something that he might have come off his line earlier and he warned the Dutch goalkeeper in two of the penalties as well," O'Brien told Tony O'Donoghue. "Look, these boys have done their country proud tonight. They've great character, they’ve been like that all year and they’re a super bunch of lads. "Probably our quality on the ball tonight might have been a little bit better, but we limited this talented Dutch team in goal-scoring opportunities. "We got a great goal after going one down, it went to penalties and we were very unfortunate with what happened here tonight.
"They’ll be devastated but they’ve been fantastic year and they’ve all got big careers ahead of them."They’ve had a great season with us, going through two qualifying rounds with us unbeaten, topped their group and as I’ve said they’ve run a real talented Dutch side right to the limit tonight. "It’s a tough way to go out but we’ll take a lot out of it and they’ve all got big careers ahead of them in the game."
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