I never knew how sore losers we could be. It's getting ridiculous by now. There's an absolute shitstorm in media, facebook, forums calling the ref an idiot and the Irish cheats, coming up with conspiracy theories that the ref was bribed by the Irish or was ordered by the UEFA to favor the Irish, calling for a boycott of the rematch, etc.
Pretty much no one is discussing how the teams played. And the sad fact is that Ireland simply was better in that game. For the most part the game was pretty even, neither team had many chances. What made the difference was the fact that the Irish didn't make any big defensive mistakes, where as we made some silly mistakes which were instantly punished. How anyone can call Irish cheaters is beyond me.
The ref made quite a few wrong calls sure but that didn't decide the fate of the game. In my opinion Piiroja (the second red card) was sent off too lightly (he was shoved by Keane which made him handle the ball) and it wasn't a penalty but the game would have still ended 3-0. Is there really any difference whether it's 3-0 or 4-0?