2022 Fifa World Cup qualifying: Republic of Ireland in shock loss to Luxembourg - reaction

1. FT: Republic of Ireland 0-1 Luxembourg
2. The hosts started their campaign with a loss to Serbia
3. Belgium draw with Czech Republic & Serbia earn draw with Portugal
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Stephen Kenny clearly out of his depth-time to go

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Some positives views from some Irish football journalists there.

Ireland's next game is against Qatar in Hungary on Tuesday. It's a friendly - basically Qatar are acting like the sixth team in this group and play a friendly against whichever side don't have a qualifier that day.

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The Republic of Ireland have started a World Cup qualifying campaign with two defeats for the first time since the qualification rounds for the 1970 tournament.

I thought Gavin Bazunu had a good game in Ireland's goal at least. I don't think you can blame the 19-year-old for the goal and he made some decent saves and looked good with the ball at his feet.

Lukaku earns point for Belgium

Czech Republic lead Group E on goal difference following a draw against Roberto Martinez's Belgium, although they will rue not holding on to their 50th-minute advantage given to them by Lukas Provod.

Romelu Lukaku scored his 36th goal in his past 31 appearances to earn a point for the visitors.

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Still at least... no, actually I've got nothing.

That is only Luxembourg's fourth away victory ever in World Cup or European Championship qualifiers. In 125 games.

Four wins, 10 draws, 111 defeats.

Their last such win was over a decade ago, 2-1 against Switzerland in September 2008.

Serbia came from behind for the second time in a week as they drew against Group A favourites Portugal.

Diogo Jota's double gave the visitors the lead in Belgrade before Fulham's Aleksandar Mitrovic's third goal in two games and Filip Kostic's equaliser in the 60th minute.

The home side ended the match with 10 men after Nikola Milenkovic was shown a straight red for a poor tackle on Porto's Danilo Pereira.

Serbia lead the group from Portugal on goals scored.

Serbia and Portugal are joint top on four points. Luxembourg are next on three. Azerbaijan next and Ireland bottom on zero points.

Ten games without a win under Stephen Kenny and this has been the worst by an absolute mile.

FULL-TIME

A national embarrassment.

Shane Long has a shot and that might be it. He controls a long ball and forces a save at the keeper's near post.

Fifteen seconds to go.