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Thu 04 Apr 2009Keane rescues priceless point
ITALY 1 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 1:BERTIE AHERN was at last night’s remarkable World Cup qualifier in Bari as a guest of the FAI and as the former taoiseach left the San Nicola Stadium, on the outskirts of town by a motorway, he must have found himself wondering just what might have been.
Many of the 5,000 Irish supporters present probably left feeling the same way for having seen their side avoid defeat courtesy of Robbie Keane’s first goal on an international stage this big in more than six years, they watched the World Champions hang on desperately for a point themselves in the frantic finale.
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