Current mood = Ecstatic
The 22nd of June 2016 will go down in Irish football history as one to remember.
The boys in green defeated Italy 1-0 and the last few minutes were unbelievably tense for both sides.
Having been on the wrong end of a couple of contentious refereeing decisions in the first half – especially what seemed like a certain penalty for a foul against James McClean – some would have feared that their chance to snatch a place in the last 16 had passed them by.
But with just five minutes of normal time remaining, Robbie Brady managed to nod home the only game of the match – sending every Irish person across the globe buckshe (wild) in the process – and proving himself a hero.
This footage of Robbie’s brother about to rip the shirt off himself in crowd is just wonderful:
We saw the fan videos of the celebrations last night, but how exactly did the Irish squad mark the occasion?
Cans and a sing-song of course.
We're coming for you ?? pic.twitter.com/qrYkHDZM2u
— Jonathan walters (@JonWalters19) June 22, 2016
Robbie Keane’s footage from the team bus will bring joy to your morning.
Just look at them… Buzzing.
All together now, ‘come on you boys in green, come on you boys in green, come on you boys in green!’
Irish goalkeeper Shay Given captured a brilliant photo of the absolute elation on that bus.
It's a bit crowded down the back of the bus, we are all in this together #COYBIG #EURO2016 ?????? pic.twitter.com/pMtGBSXZvs
— Shay Given (@No1shaygiven) June 22, 2016
What. A. Night.
Here’s to Sunday… Let’s do it again, for Michael.
