TV View: Harsh proof you don’t always get what you fought for

“Will it be a tale of goalkeepers?” George Hamilton intones portentously as the camera zooms in on Kasper Schmeichel. “Will it be a tale of goalscorers?”

Will it be a case of either one, and even if it is, will it matter a jot in this Hotel California of a qualifying system? Fail to win tonight and Ireland won’t be checking out of the competition, still less leaving it.