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Watch: James McClean Finishes Uruguay With Sumptuous Counter-Attacking Goal

David Kent
By David Kent
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Ireland recovered remarkably well from the embarrassing defeat by Mexico on Friday. With a potential threatening Uruguay rocking up to the Aviva, Martin O'Neill would've wanted his players to make a statement ahead of the Austria game.

Boy, did he get it.

John Walters opened the scoring with a simply magnificent goal half an hour in. Darren Randolph would gift Uruguay an equaliser, but Cyrus Christie regained the lead for Ireland just after half time.

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The Boys in Green would finish the game as a contest in style.

James McClean had only been on the pitch a matter of minutes when he latched onto a defence-splitting pass from Daryl Murphy, of all people.

Similar to his winner against Austria, the Derry man charged onto the ball and finished with power into the bottom corner.

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