After the break Portugal struggled to break down a resolute Ireland backline and it appeared that it was going to be a frustrating night for Ronaldo and his side after Bazunu produced a fine save ...

GAVIN BAZUNU has described Ireland's late defeat to Portugal in their World Cup qualifying clash as 'heartbreaking'. The Irish star saved a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty in the first half in a superb ...

Portugal's best chance of the half came soon after as Bazunu was again the hero for Ireland. Joao Cancelo floated a wonderful cross into the area, aiming for Diogo Jota at the back post.

Portugal narrowly avoided a shock loss to Ireland two months ago thanks to ... impressive youngsters like teenage goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu but waited 12 games for a victory, last month's 3-0 ...

A host of Republic of Ireland players stood out in the 2-1 defeat to Portugal. Here are the Irish ratings from the 2022 World Cup qualifier loss. Gavin Bazunu - 8 The madness of the penalty ...

But I’m so glad to score and to win the game” And here is how Cristiano Ronaldo single-handedly won the match for Portugal. Ronaldo beat Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu with yet ...

Ireland were denied a historic victory against Portugal when Matt Doherty's strike was disallowed by Spanish referee Jesús Gil Manzano in injury-time as an entertaining World Cup qualifier ended ...

Ronaldo floated into the area and flicked another header past Ireland keeper Gavin Bazunu. Portugal battles Qatar in an international friendly at 12:45 p.m. EDT Saturday in Debrecen, Hungary.

Fitting that Gavin Bazunu and Andrew Omobamidele are the spokesmen for this Ireland team after that ... We saw against Portugal, with world-class players like Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes, and ...

The Republic of Ireland’s World Cup hopes are virtually ... respectively in Group A while also losing narrowly in Serbia and Portugal. But Bazunu remains optimistic about the future under ...

The Republic of Ireland’s World Cup hopes are virtually ... respectively in Group A while also losing narrowly in Serbia and Portugal. But Bazunu remains optimistic about the future under ...