All changed, changed utterly, as Troy Parrott takes flight.
There was five minutes and 12 seconds of additional time played when Parrott poked a Liam Scales header, from a Caoimhín Kelleher hit and hope, into the Hungary net.
The 3,000 Irish fans in the upper deck of the Puskas Arena needed a second to realise what had just happened. Only a second, mind. The silence of the other 64,000 souls inside the stadium and wild celebrations of Irish players on the pitch allowed the realisation to set in.
Parrott’s hat-trick had just put the Republic of Ireland into Thursday’s World Cup playoff draw in Zurich.
Sports Journalist Paul Lennon joined us on The Agenda this morning to tlak to us some more about this.
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