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| | Observer | Superb Ireland pull off the impossible dream |
 | | None more so than Jason McAteer, who, after the 58th-minute dismissal of Gary Kelly for a second bookable offence, produced the game's only goal nine minutes later. |
 | | Unwanted at his club Blackburn Rovers where he has not started a game for five months, McAteer was picked out by substitute Steve Finnan, after some adroit footwork by the Fulham man, and he swept home the ball majestically. |
 | | Certainly, as the half wore on, the Dutch were made aware that the pre-match warning from their coach Louis van Gaal of the danger posed by the Irish, was not mere politeness. |
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