Lessons from Lisbon - Ireland find a shape

Ireland's shape and structure against Portugal were a huge improvement on the shambles seen in Yerevan

From 5-4-1....

Just as Stephen Kenny used 5-4-1 against France in Dublin to begin Ireland's Euro-2024 qualifying campaign, so Heimir Hallgrimsson deployed a five-man defence to curb Portugal's attack in Lisbon on Saturday night. Despite suffering the same result (0-1), Ireland's shape and structure against Portugal were a huge improvement on the shambles seen in Yerevan last month. "We have shown what an Irish team should be about," Seamus Coleman told Uefa's media channel after the match.