Ireland's World Cup journey ends with a point and recrimination

The occasion of gaining their World Cup point, thereby avoiding the ignominy of returning home pointless should have been one to celebrate

SPECTACULAR SAVE: Ireland’s Courtney Brosnan dives full length to brilliantly turn a header from Nigeria’s Uchenna Kanu onto the crossbar in yesterday’s World Cup clash. Pic: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

IRELAND 0 NIGERIA 0 

An image of collegiality frozen in history at Hampden Park has melted away to reveal all of its fragmentations.