""I'm sharing the feelings with the players, it was painful," Hallgrimsson told RTE. "After all this work, it was not perfect, but it was a great team performance. "We put a lot of energy into this match, defending, mostly, but we knew that we were going to need to defend and we did it quite well for most of the time. "When we got tired, when they got on the ball,""
""these players have the quality to find the perfect passes as you saw in the goal. We gave them too much time to run into space and to find the killer pass. We felt of course [we deserved a point] because we spent a lot of energy," he added. "They had more chances than we did, but we had our openings and if we were cleverer on the ball, but when you waste energy defending, the decision-making when you get the chance is not perfect."
""We should be proud, not happy, but there are a lot of good things to take from it. It was a team performance; everyone did their job. There were no passengers in this game.""
Republic of Ireland produced a disciplined defensive display in Lisbon and showed clear improvement from the 2-1 defeat by Armenia. Caoimhin Kelleher saved Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty, yet Portugal snatched victory when Ruben Neves glanced Francisco Trincao's cross home in the 91st minute. The result moved Portugal five points clear and closer to World Cup qualification. The Irish expended heavy energy defending, which hindered attacking decision-making and reduced threat in the final third. The team restored pride with collective effort and work rate, but lacked the composure and creativity to secure a crucial point.
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