Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Ireland’s Crucial Match Against Wales Today

Olé, Olé, Olé. So what’s going on?

Olé olé olé back at ya. What’s going on is that tonight, Ireland play host to Wales in what could be a decisive match in ensuring qualification for the World Cup in Russia next year.

Wales, eh? They any good?

If you call the team who unexpectedly reached the semi-final of Euro 2016 good then yes. 

The Dragons performed admirably in France last summer before finally succumbing to a Cristiano Ronaldo-inspired Portugal in the last four. 

Their form has tailed off a bit since but, like us, they remain unbeaten after four games in Group D.

And of course, they possess a not-so-secret weapon in one of the world’s greatest players, Gareth Bale.

Ah, him. Is he that good? 

On his day, he can be described as pretty phenomenal. He’s not afraid to take on any defender on the planet, he can run all day and is incredible in the air. 

Oh, and we don’t want to give away any free kicks near our area. The boy can ping a ball through the eye of a needle. 

Noted. How have we been doing recently ourselves?

Unusually, we’ve started off the campaign quite well. 

We secured a hard-earned draw in Serbia back in September, perhaps helped by some lingering post-Euros euphoria. 

This was followed up by three wins on the bounce over Georgia, Moldova and Austria, the latter being a rare away win over a half-decent footballing nation. 

So, all in all, it’s looking good. Only one team from each group will qualify automatically for Russia and we’re currently top of the pile. Which is nice. 

After this game we’ve reached the halfway point with only five games remaining.

So basically, if we keep winning we can start changing those Euros into Roubles.