And while Heimir Hallgrímsson’s decision not to practice penalties has been mentioned during the post-mortem, Crawford confirmed that doing-so doesn’t always guarantee success. “But you know what, we missed all our penalties against Israel (he was later informed that Conor Coventry scored one of their four penalties). A hell of a lot of positives for a lot of players to be able to go again for the next campaign. It's in better condition than Tallaght Stadium. That's not a disrespect to Tallaght Stadium, but the pitch we're on, it's OK. We're ready to go.

Source: Irish Examiner March 31, 2026 15:00 UTC