John O'Shea Praises Shane Long For Reaction
Robbie Keane was left on the bench for last night's visit of the world champs so it fell to John O'Shea to wear the armband once again and lead the Boys in Green into a David versus Goliath-type battle in which the myth became reality.
O'Shea held together a makeshift defence which was missing the likes of Seamus Coleman and Mark Wilson while Cyrus Christie was following his competitive debut against the worst team in the world, Gibralatar, with a game against the world champs.
With a lot of help from the midfield players they managed to keep this prolific German team at bay and eventually found the knockout blow that left the visitors floundering and eventually flat out on the canvas.
O'Shea was full of praise for the efforts of all of the players around him when he spoke after the game to 98FM Sport's Stephen Doyle