There is a man.
Get in 🙏
— Shay Given (@No1shaygiven) November 16, 2015
And his name is Jon Walters. And he is a god among men.
The Stoke man has given Ireland a 1-0 half-time lead against Bosnia which means we are 45 minutes away from booking our place at Euro 2016.
The forward slotted home a penalty after Ervin Zukanovic was harshly adjudged to have handballed in the penalty box.
And up stepped the man who scored a penalty against Poland last month, to fire Ireland into the lead, and set the home fans wild.
Johnny Walters you 'effing beauty #COYBIG pic.twitter.com/hBuFd5tyEI
— SportsJOE (@SportsJOEdotie) November 16, 2015
Irish fans watching went mental too.
handball against zukanovic. the kind you'd be disappointed to have given against you. walters to take… HE SCORES!! 1-0 24 mins
— Ken Early (@kenearlys) November 16, 2015
https://twitter.com/aoiferzz_unionj/status/666348220180774912
#Walters pour le 1-0 #IRLBOS 🍀 @EURO2016
— ⭐️Ah.🏴☠️🍒 (@AlexK_Hd) November 16, 2015
And the irony of ahandball decison going in favour of Ireland in play-off was not lost on anyone.
Thierrys was more of a handball but will take it all day long! Get in #Walters 🍀
— STEVEN REID (@stevenreid12) November 16, 2015
Finally a handball decision goes Ireland's way,what goes around comes around #Euro2016Playoffs pic.twitter.com/vRq4uPau7w
— UnOfficialGaa (@UnOfficialGaa) November 16, 2015
Thierry Henry's handball was roughly 700% clearer than that, but still…#IREvBIH 1-0. Walters penalty
— Francis Keogh (@HonestFrank) November 16, 2015
After getting screwed by a handball in France we got blessed with one tonight! Wat goes around comes around,#IREvBOS
— Brian Malone™ (@brianmalone3) November 16, 2015
How ironic if a handball puts us through!! #COYBIG #IREvBOS
— Brian O'Connell (@oconnellbrian) November 16, 2015
Denis O Brien must be paying the ref too😀😀😀#COYBIG
— David McWilliams (@davidmcw) November 16, 2015
Thank you Henry
— Cillian Sheridan (@CillianSheridan) November 16, 2015
That penalty was part of the FIFA compo.
— Fredorrarci (@Fredorrarci) November 16, 2015
