“There was a lot of passion in the game and then to get so close and they started to equalize. You have to pick yourself up for extra time which we did without making too much. When you go to the penalty you always come back to Marsy. [David Marshall] It was about whether the kids could hold their nerves. They were able to do it.

“We’ve come this far as a team and I’m proud of each of them because we’ve gone through a lot of times a lot of criticism, a lot of negativity and we’ve gone together and fought through it.

“I really hope that everyone will see the positive side of it back home because we are absolutely happy. I hope we’ve put a lot of smiles on people’s faces during really hard times. “

“It can never be easy. In the end we have to find out in two or three minutes and come back the way we came back. I just lost to see how much pressure the boys put on them when they got the peers?”

“From the last three or four games we have gained confidence to win and keep a clean sheet. I definitely think we deserved it, especially after the first half. I’m very happy. “