John O'Shea Propels Ireland to a Legendary Draw

History was made this week as one of the most amazing football stories ever written fell upon Irishman John O'Shea. Not many gave the boys in green much chance as they lined out against World Cup winners Germany. Wes Hoolahan had been controversially been left out of the starting team after a good performance against Gibraltar, and it was his cross that later proved so vital for Ireland as he was brought on as a late substitute. Germany were coming off the back of a devastating 2-0 loss to Poland, and were looking for a good win to boost their qualification campaign. After a tense affair, with Germany controlling the possession stats and having the bulk of the chances, the tie remained a stale mate for the first 70 minutes of the game. Durm, the young German left back, came extremely close after his 35 yard wonder-strike hit the bar with goalkeeper Ford left stranded. Toni Kroos impressed for the team in white throughout the whole game, making many passes and finding a lot of space between Ireland's attack and midfield. He picked up the ball off Max Kruse, who had just come onto the pitch, and drove at Irish defender Quinn. He was given far too much space to travel in to and hit a superb strike in off the upright. Irish hearts appeared broken as their valiant defending for the majority of the game seemed for nothing. It went all the way down to the last minute of stoppage time, when a Hoolahan cross to the back post was knocked back into the area where it was expertly turned in to the bottom corner by none other than John O'Shea, wearing the captains armband, on his 100th cap, to take home a point for the Boys in Green.