VIDEO: Tough going, but Ireland got what they wanted from Zenica

It was a night in which Ireland and Martin O’Neill got exactly what they wanted, and in which it’s difficult to be critical of a hugely hard-fought draw in tough conditions, writes Miguel Delaney.

The one slight concern is that it is very aspects of the performance that make it just as difficult not to think that it will be a hugely nervy night in Dublin, where Martin O’Neill’s side will be as susceptible to conceding the away goal that they claimed here.

In many ways, this 1-1 draw - that classically Irish result - also summed up so many of the contradictions of this team.