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Published 15:54 15 Nov 2017 GMT
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"If any one moment summed up the gulf in class, it was the home side’s double substitution at half-time. "In the 1994 World Cup trailing 0-2 to the Netherlands, they were able to call on the likes of Jason McAteer and Tony ‘I once had an Irish wolfhound’ Cascarino from the bench. "Tonight, again needing two goals to save the game, they threw on Aiden McGeady of Sunderland and Wes Hoolahan of Norwich City – two players at English Championship sides, the division that national coach Martin O’Neill recruits over half his squad from. "History has shown you can win the English Premier League with kids, but you certainly can’t win the World Cup with a team from the English Championship."
It just feels like they are rubbing salt into the wounds, poor Wes is getting a raw deal there but it's nice to know that not all Danes just view him as a Championship player because The Local did stand up for him:
"O'Neill, who had already agreed a new contract to lead Ireland into the qualifiers for the 2020 European Championship, will ship criticism for again selecting his team without the craft of Wes Hoolahan. The 35-year-old, one of four Ireland players likely to retire from international football, was only introduced at the interval with Ireland needing three goals to redeem their cause."
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