Hello there, one and all. Welcome into the latest edition of ESPN FC with Craig Burley and Adrian Helium.

Must be international break, Craig, because I got the call. We went deep onto the bench today.

Oh, not that deep. Well, and it gave us a chance to watch a bunch of World Cup qualifying today,

which nobody else wanted to watch.

But the shock of the day, for sure, came in Dublin,

where Ireland beat Portugal,

and two goals to know, two goals from Troy Parra,

and Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off.

Yeah, let's welcome in Gab Marcari and Nedam Anua.

This was entirely unexpected, Craig.

I'll start with you on this.

Where did this performance come from?

Portugal have this Jekyll and Hyde element to them.

Yeah, I mean, they're a very talented side in terms of the squad.

They've had deficiencies in their starting 11 over the period.

Obviously that big win at the Euros in 2016.

But yeah, I mean, they have some really, really good players on the ball.

But this came about, you know, Ireland, look. I don't have the stats in front of me. But when I looked at halftime, it was something like 70-odd-present possession for Portugal. That's not a surprise. Even away from home because the Irish don't dominate the ball. They've been a struggling side for quite some time now. They don't have a great player pill to pick from.

So it's about good defence.

It's about set pieces.

It's about taking the opportunities when they come along, which they did.

And it was always going to be a backs to the wall second half for them.

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