Ireland rediscover fighting spirit

Faroe Islands 1 Republic of Ireland 4

The manager insisted he would be back for more after this restorative 4-1 win but also admitted that he didn’t know what way the FAI would jump. With the expectation still being that it will be in a direction away from the Italian, it might be some consolation for Trap that his players finally found a performance of some quality in World Cup qualifying — albeit against part-timers and mainly in the course of an encouragingly productive second half.

In truth, there had been a lot of huffin’ and puffin’ from the visitors in the first half in Torshavn but a dominant second period eventually saw them run out comfortable winners.