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Published 21:17 24 Mar 2021 GMT
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The Strausbourg was straight back to his feet while Connolly and his Ireland teammates were incredulous that a spot-kick had not been awarded. Over on the sideline, Stephen Kenny and the Irish bench erupted in protest but it was no good.
On commentary for RTE, former Ireland defender Stephen Kelly felt it was a close call under a replay angle from behind both players made up his mind that Kenny's side had been hard done by.
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Darragh O'Shea went close with a header from that resulting corner while the hosts had a penalty shout of their own, soon after. That was also waved away.
Serbia then put the game away with sub Aleksandar Mitrović helping himself to two goals before James Collins gave Ireland brief hope with his second international goal. It was not enough, though, as the Serbs held on to win 3-2.
Following the game, former Ireland striker Kevin Doyle says the Connolly penalty decision as close but he felt Stefan Mitrovic may have just got a toe to the ball.
Kenny, the Ireland boss, later told RTE, "It looked like a cast-iron penalty."
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