Girls were kissed, faces and even rear ends were painted, and despite all the beer and the match beatings, Poznan will be sorry to see the back of the Irish.

Brothers in arms, Polish and Irish stood side by side to watch our sides bow out gracefully.

After the capture of Poznan, the Green Army today takes its own brand of craziness north to Sopot.

IT might have been all green until now, but red and white were the only colours in town last night as 30,000 raucous Polish fans went wild.

There is an air of calm before the storm in Poznan as fans hover around bars and fanzones waiting for the madness to begin.