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PICS: A closer look on that ridiculous double high-kick on Shane Long

Published 15:36 18 Jun 2016 BST

Carl Kinsella
PICS: A closer look on that ridiculous double high-kick on Shane Long

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Well, that's taken the wind out of our sails.

After a performance against Sweden that deserved two points more than the one it got, Ireland were slammed back down into reality by Belgium's Red Devils today. Or rather, karate kicked back down to reality. Mere seconds before Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring, Shane Long went down in the Belgian box clutching his head after being challenged in the air by Vermaelen and Alderweireld. In case you are the only person on earth besides the match officials who couldn't understand why Long went down, this screen-grab should give you some insight: https://twitter.com/Aoifs2707/status/744171472898433024 To use that classic commentator's crutch - "We've seen them given." It's worth noting that a high-foot challenge would be an indirect free-kick instead of a penalty, but there's no denying that play should have been stopped before Lukaku scored the goal that opened the floodgates.

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PICS: A closer look on that ridiculous double high-kick on Shane Long