Hungary v Ireland: Troy Parrott Completes Hat-Trick at the Death to Keep World Cup Dream Alive - 17/11/2025
All changed, changed utterly, as Troy Parrott takes flight.There was five minutes and 12 seconds of additional time played when Parrott poked a Liam Scales header, from a Caoimhín Kelleher hit and hope, into the Hungary net.The 3,000 Irish fans in the upper deck of the Puskas Arena needed a second to realise what had just happened. Only a second, mind. The silence of the other 64,000 souls inside the stadium and wild celebrations of Irish players on the pitch allowed the realisation to set in.Parrott’s hat-trick had just put the Republic of Ireland into Thursday’s World Cup playoff draw in…
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