If his fizzing shot deep into additional time in Suwon landed on the other side of Iker Cassilas' post, David Connolly would be remembered as the man who hit the winning goal to send Ireland to the 2002 World Cup quarter-finals.
Instead, after having the courage to step up and take a penalty in the shootout, he is probably best remembered for that poor strike that was easily saved.
He played his last game for Ireland in 2005, although he was very close to quitting the international scene in 2002 around a memorable friendly against Greece. The only reason that friendly is memorable, is because it was the game in which Bohemians striker Glen Crowe was selected from the start.
The League of Ireland goal-machine was given the chance so many wanted to see given to Seanie Maguire in Ireland's recent friendlies just gone, but his chance only came about after David Connolly had rejected the call-up because he saw himself as being 5th choice striker.
However, we can't think of another time an international manager went on Sky Sports News to reveal the phone-call word for word, much to the delight of the journalists in attendance who cracked up laughing.
That is brilliant.
Glen Crowe was the benefactor of that hilarious line from Connolly, who was quite bitter at being snubbed in the first place, and would make his only international start in that Greece game (he would also come on as a sub against Norway), while Connolly would never become one of Ireland's main strikers as he had wished.
Still, what a clip that is, a huge thanks to the incredible KillianM2 on YouTube for bringing it to our attention.
