Ireland face North Macedonia in Dublin in a friendly on Tuesday still hurting from the knowledge that they were four minutes away from hosting Denmark instead

Glenn Nyberg showed Cristiano Ronaldo a red card in the 2-0 victory over Portugal in Dublin

Ronaldo cleared to play opening matches at World Cup

Republic boss Heimir Hallgrimsson felt Ronaldo was “controlling the referee” when the teams last met.

One goal was enough to prevent an equalling of a club-record 14 league matches without a win dating back to 1937.