Republic of Ireland 1 Lithuania 0
Nothing to see here. Just Troy Parrott being Troy Parrott on the international stage. Four disallowed goals were all this 30,686 attendance were seemingly privy to until the young Spurs striker, on loan to MK Dons in the lower reaches of English football, once again saved the Stephen Kenny era from outright humiliation.
Parrott has form in this regard. Last summer Kenny’s unsteady ship was heading towards a miserable defeat to Andorra on an astroturf pitch in the Pyrennes. The 20-year-old Dubliner barged into that contest with two goals.
Eighty seconds after the allotted five minutes of injury-time Parrott let fly with a beautiful right-footed drive that ends an international window that was fast heading towards doubt and negativity, on a pure high.
Makes you wonder how he was lef …
- March 30, 2022
