Episode 3402: Ireland 2-0 Portugal

Two great goals, Ronaldo’s red card, karma, an electric atmosphere in Lansdowne Rd, a win over a major nation, and, unbelievably, hope! Hope that we now know how to score goals, hope that Ireland could still make this World Cup, and hope that this team could one day be competitive again. Eoin Ken and Murph are in studio and Branno is already in Budapest.

We’ll never plan a late night pod ever again pic.twitter.com/fZPcQPyg6E

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I don’t want to exaggerate but… this could the greatest three minutes in football history https://t.co/6dAmVrrPJ9

— Eoin McDevitt (@EoinMcDevitt) November 13, 2025