Gary Breen
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
But what we did have, and I think you see it there, is a kind of little bit of a nodding that the lads are like, yeah, yeah, let's get this done.
This is something to be enjoyed.
And when we actually walked out on that pitch as well, this massive banner just unfold, which said 3-0.
We were thinking, oh, okay, we'll see.
And just an amazing experience, it really was.
treated so well.
Right.
What was noticeable that
even in the hotels, like the staff and the women would all be in, you know, you could only ever see their eyes.
They'd all be in their traditional dress or whatever.
So it was for young guys like us going to those parts of the world, an amazing experience, treated really well.
And it was just that it just then changed dramatically then from once you boarded the bus to head into the game.
It was like, OK, they're going to do everything they can to make it difficult for us.
But we were a team at that time that had travelled well, to be perfectly honest.
And we actually did lose that game to the frustration, really frustrating that we'd give away a corner late on or something like that and they won.
But it wasn't enough time for them to chase that equalising goal and we got through.
Yeah, and their goal was kind of, it was out of nowhere, really.
We were quite comfortable for the whole game.
I do remember a couple of chances.
Dave Conny went through.