Penalty pain again as Ireland World Cup road ends in Prague

Misses by Finn Azaz and Alan Browne proved costly after the Czechs recovered from 2-0 down. 

HEARTBREAK: The pain of missing out on the World Cup is plan to see for Ireland defender Nathan Collins after Thursday night's penalty shoot out defeat to Czechia at the Fortuna Arena in Prague. Pic: Ben Brady, Inpho

World Cup play-off semi-final: Czechia 2 Ireland 2 (Czechia won 4-3 on pens)

Italia ’90 was the last time Ireland won a penalty shootout and those scenes won’t be recreated this summer after a third successive failure on spot-kicks.