New boys get lift from old hand

And so, after all the talk of revolution, dawn of a new era and exit from the age of Italian austerity, Ireland went with two up front last night.

And that was just in the dugout.

Indeed, such was intense focus of the camera crews and the whole stadium on the Irish technical area before kick-off, you could have expected the ceremonials to consist of Martin O’Neill conducting Roy Keane along the red carpet to shake hands with the two teams.