It's Lille 2016 for a jilted generation as Brady helps Heimir stop the bleeding

Comment: Halgrimsson had observed that a lot of the Irish players were operating at the same level and someone had to step up. To stand out. Supersub Ebosele and veteran Brady did just that.

FINN IT TO WIN IT: Republic of Ireland head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson celebrates after the UEFA Nations League B Group 2 match between Finland and Republic of Ireland at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

You can plot and plan and play around with your personnel, styles and systems all you want but football comes down to moments. Slivers of seconds whereby games are won and lost and managers’ jobs are made or ended.

There were mere minutes to play in Helsinki on Thursday night, with Finland and the Republic of Ireland drawing 1-1, when Benjamin Kallman’s header shaved the paint off an Irish post and kept on rolling the ‘wr

ong’ side of the net.