In a disappointing follow-up to their previous performance, the Republic of Ireland was held to a goalless draw against Luxembourg. Manager Heimir Hallgrimsson expressed dissatisfaction with his team's performance, emphasizing that they failed to replicate the intensity and effectiveness they had shown against Senegal. Despite individual chances, including a hit post and disallowed goal, the team struggled to generate offense until late in the first half. Hallgrimsson noted a slight improvement in the second half, but overall, he deemed the performance not good enough.
It is good to keep a clean sheet, it's the first one since I came in, but we all felt the first half we were sloppy and the game was boring in the first half.
All the good things we did against Senegal were missing, all the quick movements, the press and the ball speed.
We changed in the second half, more tempo and won more duals but not good enough.
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