Stade de France timeline

5 min: Doyle breaks through the middle and feeds Duff, whose cross is just over Keane’s head.

5 min: Doyle breaks through the middle and feeds Duff, whose cross is just over Keane’s head.

6 min: Escude has taken a bang to the nose and it’s not pretty. Is eventually replaced by Squillaci.

12 min: Andrews concedes a corner, which breaks to Lassana Diarra, who volleys over .

17 min: Duff gets on the ball and puts in a good cross to Lawrence, but again its a fraction too high.

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24 min: Lawrence does well to head down to Keane; Lloris saves.

26 min: Lawrence again the provider and Doyle, should have done better with the header.

33 min: GOAL!!! Duff gets to the byline after a one-two with Kilbane, pulls it back to Keane, who fires low to the far corner.

45+2 min: Whelan strikes a free kick sweetly but Evra sticks his head in the way to clear.

46 min: Keane wins a free off Lassana Diarra. OShea criminally unmarked at the backpost. Chests it down but blazes over.

54 min: Anelka shoots straight at Given. Gignac shot then blocked by St Ledger.

58 min: Govou’s added a spark and Kilbane booked for taking down Gourcuff.

61 min: Great move by Ireland and Lawrence sends Duff through the middle but Lloris saves tame shot. 63 min: Darron Gibson on for Whelan.

66 min: O’Shea hobbles off. Paul McShane is introduced.

70 min: Block from McShane on Gourcuff shot from the edge of the box.

71 min: Gourcuff’s dangerous free gathered by Given. Pressure on.

73 min: Lawrence brilliantly finds Keane who rounds Lloris, only to run out of pitch.

77 min: Duff wins another free off Diarra. Ball wide to Kilbane but its intercepted and a ball over the top seeks Anelka. Dunne shows great pace to clear the danger.

84 min: Duff concedes a free against Govou and France come again. But McShane hoofs clear. Evra fouls Lawrence. Free to Ireland. Squillaci clears easily.

90+4 min: Malouda and Henry bamboozle McShane and co and the Barca man gets a low cross in. Given parries and St Ledger hooks away. Whistle goes. Extra time!!

93 min: Anelka drops the shoulder on Gibson and fires one narrowly past Given’s right hand post.

101 min: Hotting up now and Govou has it in the net but is offside.

103 min: GOAL FRANCE!!!! McShane lets Malouda’s free kick drop one yard from the byline. Henry handles it and centres it to Gallas who heads into the open net. Half-time.

106 min: McGeady on for Lawrence. Free in from Gibson causes problems; Ireland corner.

108 min: Gibson has a crack but it’s well over. St Ledger fouls Henry but the free drifts to safety.

115 min: Govou wins a corner. Given flaps at Maloudas cross and its hooked clear.

118 min: Lloris gathers as Dunne challenges Final minute and all looks lost.

122 min: Its over. France win 2-1 on aggregate.

Carl O'Malley

Carl O'Malley

The late Carl O'Malley was an Irish Times sports journalist