Heimir Hallgrímsson looked healthy and tanned when he stalled in the mixed zone inside a giant auditorium on the outskirts of Brussels.
The Republic of Ireland had just landed the most controversial Nations League draw imaginable when Patrick Vieira picked out Israel from the glass bowl to go along with Austria and Kosovo.
There was a collective gasp from 54 of Uefa’s 55 member nations that were invited to the Belgian capital.
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