Evening all, and welcome to Ireland v Denmark!

Hourihane goes short and takes the return pass, and then bends in a fine cross which, though it eludes everyone, forces Schmeichel to pat down in a minor fluster.

This is a good start to the half from Ireland, and they win a corner down the right...

McClean goes around Poulsen, who hacks him down; Hourihane swings over the free-kick from out on the left touchline, and no one gets anything on it.

Elsewhere, people are having fun.

Ireland have been forced into a change; Egan is hurt, so Ciaran Clark replaces him. "He can nick a goal off a set-piece", says someone in the studio, which tells you all you need to know about what's going on here.

Off we go again!

Back come the boyz.

It's hard to do justice to have bad that was. Two awful teams, being awful. Join me for the second half!

Half-time: Ireland 0-0 Denmark

He can't, but the ball comes back to him and he sweeps short to Whelan, whose cross is just too strong for Duffy at the far post.

McClean gets himself around Dalsgaard and drills his cross into the nearest shins; can Hourihane do anything with the corner?

There'll be three added minutes...

...his delivery is decent too, but Jorgensen is penalised for shoving Duffy.

Whelan is exceedingly late on Schone, who goes down, and Poulsen is down in the box, but he gets up and Eriksen prepares to chip in the free-kick...

Hourihane collects possession out on the left and makes like he's going to clip one in, but instead skids square to McGoldrick, who looks up and hammers a shot not too far wide. He's looking confident, as it goes.

This is a great stat.

On the plus side, it's nearly half-time. I recommend taking absinthe in your Bovril.

Larsen wellies one into touch, one bounce. Someone needs to direct him to Lansdowne.

McGoldrick wins a knockdown and the ball bounces up for Browne! He wipes his foot across it, and sends a loopy shot not that far wide of the far post.