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As you can imagine, there was one overwhelming reaction to Ireland’s World Cup play-off draw

Published 13:36 17 Oct 2017 BST

Alan Loughnane
As you can imagine, there was one overwhelming reaction to Ireland’s World Cup play-off draw

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We finally know our opponents. Ireland will face Denmark in the FIFA World Cup play-offs. It seems only fitting after Ophelia passed over Ireland on Monday after all. Things could have been so much worse. It could have been Croatia or Italy. In the grand scheme of things, it's the best we could have hoped for. Ireland will have to contend with Christian Eriksen and Lord Nicklas Bendtner, but we think we can manage those. We'll face them away in Copenhagen in the first leg and we'll have them in the Aviva Stadium for the return leg. But while this draw is being considered the best we could have hoped for, there's still a lot of work to do to secure those plane tickets to Russia. You can't blame us for being a little excited though, like, just imagine we'd gotten Croatia... https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/920260651406196736 https://twitter.com/JohnDugganSport/status/920261359220219906 https://twitter.com/NiallXMurphy/status/920260881589600256 https://twitter.com/hughcahill7/status/920260466982768640 https://twitter.com/neil_treacy/status/920260564370313217 https://twitter.com/StevieCahill/status/920260779374534661 https://twitter.com/chrislindsay_/status/920263388978171911 https://twitter.com/AlanMorrissey/status/920263356275097600 https://twitter.com/stevenkeenan1/status/920263609233616898 Any chance Martin O'Neill will use these tactics? https://twitter.com/GlennCarroll1/status/920263199777329153 There was always going to be one... https://twitter.com/camwells1997/status/920263295801724929

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As you can imagine, there was one overwhelming reaction to Ireland's World Cup play-off draw