A glory moment for Celtic’s Liam Scales as his 95th minute assist for Irish hat-trick hero earns the Republic of Ireland a World Cup play-off spot at the expense on today’s opponents Hungary…
Liam Scales was an Irish hero this afternoon as he got the most important assist of his career, with the second last touch of the match in the closing seconds of stoppage time to set up Troy Parrott’s hat-trick goal in Budapest in a 3-2 World Cup qualifier win over Hungary.
The win in Budapest means Ireland leapfrog Hungary into second place in the group to deny the Hungarians a play-off spot for the World Cup Finals next summer which will be held in North America across three countries, Canada, USA and Mexico.
That incredible result means that on top of Ireland’s brilliant 2-0 win over Portugal in Dublin earlier in the week – with Troy Parrott scoring those two goals too – Ireland achieved Mission Impossible, by winning both matches to earn what looked like an unlikely place in the World Cup play-offs next spring. So the Irish dream is very much still alive and with assists in both matches, Celtic star Liam Scales has certainly played his part.
Scales described the win over Portugal in Dublin as the best moment of his career so far, well today will have been even better and you can see the elation in his face as he celebrated his 95th minute assist.
Delighted for Liam, and also Johnny Kenny, Adam Idah, Mikey Johnston and indeed all the Irish boys. Troy Parrott will be the big Irish hero and not for behind him will be Celtic’s outstanding centre half.
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Ireland holds its breath, on the last throw of the dice… Hat-trick for Parrott 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
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He is not a glamorous player. But if you want someone with heart, grit and a willingness to get his head on the ball in either box, Liam Scales is your man. Another big moment for him. pic.twitter.com/86tNiM1Jfp
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Liam mo Laoch.
Battles away for the Hoops and the purists criticise him for any mistakes.
Puts his head in where most wouldn’t put their.🥾 .
A wing back before coming to Celtic he has shown his ability to play there at international level.
Great to see Kenny getting a run out and almost scoring.
Ralston battling away for Scotland.
Hail Hail.