Winner: Cassano beats Keith Andrews to Pirlo's corner

So when a Whelan pass from outside his own area went astray, Di Natale was played in by Thiago Motta, and the AC Milan striker danced round Given but saw his shot from a difficult angle cleared by St Ledger.

But Ireland failed to clear that danger properly, resulting in a 25-yard shot from Cassano which deceived Given, who made another uncharacteristic error and spilled the ball to concede a corner unnecessarily.

Inevitably, Ireland paid for their No 1’s error.

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