{"id":41632,"date":"2025-03-20T21:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=41632"},"modified":"2025-03-20T21:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:48:09","slug":"watch-bulgaria-1-2-ireland-uefa-nations-league-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/watch-bulgaria-1-2-ireland-uefa-nations-league-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland take 2-1 advantage back to Dublin in Nations League play-off vs Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ireland head back to Dublin with a 2-1 lead in their Nations League relegation play-off against Bulgaria.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The boys in green are finally starting to click under manager Heimir Hallgr\u00edmsson, recording a third win in their last five outings.<\/p>\n<p>Bulgaria opened the scoring inside the first six minutes through a well-worked goal set-up by Filip Krastev as Marin Petkov tried his luck from the edge of the area and found the back of the net off the post.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t long before the visitors drew level on minute 21 when Robbie Brady&#8217;s enticing delivery was beautifully cushioned by Troy Parrott at the back post into the path of Finn Azaz to head home.<\/p>\n<p>20 minutes later, Ireland had the lead through Matt Doherty who met Josh Cullen&#8217;s long ball in the air just before Bulgaria goalkeeper Dimitar Mitov could get there.<\/p>\n<p>Some might say d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu from Brady&#8217;s famous goal to send Ireland through to the knockout stages of Euro 2016 against Italy all those years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides now travel to Dublin for the second leg on Sunday evening at the Aviva Stadium.<\/p>\n<h2>WATCH: Bulgaria 1-2 Ireland Nations League Highlights<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After an easy save for the Bulgarian keeper from a Manning header, Bulgaria regain possession and Petkov puts the home side one ahead in the 5th minute.<br \/>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddec 1-0 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcf1 Live Updates &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zKFxHhV2TQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/zKFxHhV2TQ<\/a><br \/>\n\ud83d\udcfa Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RTE2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RTE2<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RTEplayer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RTEPlayer<\/a><br \/>\n\ud83d\udcfbListen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GameOn2FM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GameOn2fm<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NationsLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NationsLeague<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CfePx9rpcW\">pic.twitter.com\/CfePx9rpcW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RT\u00c9 Sport (@RTEsport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RTEsport\/status\/1902812963721056720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">First senior international goal for Finn Azaz. Heads it into an empty net from a well controlled touch by Troy Parrott to put Ireland back on terms.<br \/>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddec 1-1 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcf1 Live Updates &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zKFxHhUv4i\">https:\/\/t.co\/zKFxHhUv4i<\/a><br \/>\n\ud83d\udcfa Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RTE2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RTE2<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RTEplayer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RTEPlayer<\/a><br \/>\n\ud83d\udcfb Listen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GameOn2FM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GameOn2fm<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NationsLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NationsLeague<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m0hVgGC9aO\">pic.twitter.com\/m0hVgGC9aO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RT\u00c9 Sport (@RTEsport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RTEsport\/status\/1902815884529283133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Matt Doherty saw his chance and took it to head Ireland into the lead just before the break, while also taking a bit of a knock from the keeper who goes down<br \/>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddec 1-2 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcf1 Live Updates &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zKFxHhUv4i\">https:\/\/t.co\/zKFxHhUv4i<\/a><br \/>\n\ud83d\udcfa Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RTE2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RTE2<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RTEplayer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RTEPlayer<\/a><br \/>\n\ud83d\udcfb Listen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GameOn2FM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GameOn2fm<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NationsLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NationsLeague<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6FC0too05V\">pic.twitter.com\/6FC0too05V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RT\u00c9 Sport (@RTEsport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RTEsport\/status\/1902820854003630418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hallgr\u00edmsson&#8217;s reign is beginning to take shape after a rocky start and Thursday&#8217;s result is undoubtedly promising as Ireland aim to build momentum ahead of a crucial World Cup qualifying campaign this autumn.<\/p>\n<p>After this Nations League play-off is taken care of, Ireland will face Armenia, Hungary and Denmark\/Portugal in Group F for a spot in America next year.<\/p>\n<p>The result marks Ireland&#8217;s first competitive win over Bulgaria in four meetings, drawing four consecutive games in two World Cup qualifiers in 2009 and two Nations League group games in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland look set to stay in Group B if they can repeat tonight&#8217;s performance on Sunday but the work is still to be done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ireland head back to Dublin with a 2-1 lead in their Nations League relegation play-off against Bulgaria. 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Joe has a keen eye for the sports betting industry in the USA which covers the NBA and NFL, tracking and analysing the market as it changes throughout the season.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joe-lyons-5aa806204\/","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/x.com\/JoeTLyons_"],"url":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/author\/joelyons\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/379"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41634,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41632\/revisions\/41634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}