VIDEO: Super sub sets up Super Sunday

Shane Long by-passed hero status and moved straight to an elevated plain reserved for sporting legends last night as the Republic of Ireland shocked world champions Germany.

Long struck a second-half winner on a Euro 2016 night of high drama at the Aviva Stadium to guarantee Martin O’Neill the minimum of a play-off for the championship finals in France next summer.

A late Polish equaliser in Glasgow eliminated Scotland, Ireland’s rivals for a play-off slot, and set up a straight head-to-head in Warsaw on Sunday between Poland and the Republic for the prize of automatic qualification for the finals.