The Republic of Ireland lost at home to Ukraine for the second straight game.
The game will be played at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday, June 11th.
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For what seemed like the longest time, football fans in Scotland must have looked across the water to Dublin in awe, at how the Republic was able to make a long way.
Impressive runs, a competitive win against Germany, a play-off victory against Bosnia that secured a place at Euro 2016, a win against Italy that brought a last-16 spot and a hard-fought 2-1 loss to eventual finalist France
The Republic didn't look great on paper, but they had the ability to grind out results.
They were hard to beat, even though it could be gruesome. One opponent once said that playing against O'Neill's team was like opening a tin of beans with no gloves.
Everything has shifted. The perseverance has stopped. Mick McCarthy's brand of football didn't do any better than that of O'Neill's. The team and the public don't know each other. The people were just bored.
Stephen Kenny promised something different, something more engaging and easier on the eye, something that would reestablish the bond between fans and team.
It is proving to be a difficult transition. Kenny doesn't have the players to play possession football When things don't go according to plan, they tend to go long ball.
After the loss to an understrength Ukraine, Kenny called them out. He is stuck in the no-man's land between O'Neill's and McCarthy's agricultural stuff and his utopia as a manager. If he loses again on Saturday, the calls for his removal will grow louder.
Republic are low-lying fruit and must be picked.
Scotland is in town for a Nations League match and the Irish team is in crisis. Their demise statistics are mind blowing. Kenny has only won five of his 24 games.
In competitive matches, he has only won two of 11 at home and none of eight at home. Georgia,Moldova and Gibraltar have all beaten the Republic at home in the last seven years.
It's not like he's got a cast of stellar operators waiting in the wings, despite the local newspapers calling on Kenny to "scatter the axe" after two Nations League defeats.
He's missing two players. John Egan was expected to be the captain against Scotland, but he won't be.
The 14 players given game-time against Ukranian were drawn from various clubs.
By contrast, the Scotland side that did for Armenia had players from Celtic, six Premier League clubs plus two just promoted from the Championship as well as one from Club Bruges and one from Bologna. Scotland won this hands-down in individual match-ups.
It's not that simple. It should be This is a game Scotland should win.
The missed opportunity against Ukranian is still in the minds of the supporters, but the Nations League is another chance for Scotland. A very large chance. They are in good shape in their group if they win in Dublin and Armenia on Tuesday. There is a big prize on offer.
We might hear that a draw away from home was a decent result. It's not When you have Ukraine in there with you, it's not in the context of this group. Ireland are low-lying fruit and need to be picked. The team is low on self-belief and this is a must-win.
Will the back three break up?
Steve Clarke's selection will be intriguing. The back three of John Souttar, Jack Hendry and Scott McKenna looked good, but it was Armenia. They were physical, pacy, and had a threat. She scored once and almost twice. Souttar and Hendry have netted recently.
Three players are very confident. Souttar will be excited by his move to Rangers. The Belgian league has just been won by Hendry, and he will be playing in the premier league next season.
Does he want to break them up? Is he done considering Scott McTominay as a right centre-half after his poor display against Ukraine?
Scott McKenna and Anthony Ralston scored their first international goals in the win.
Is he going to put Grant Hanley back in there because he's a favourite son and he has a weakness in the Ukraine game? When the team is announced, the composition of the back three will be a major topic.
The Scotland manager has good options, that's one of the things that differentiates them. With Andy Robertson on the other side, he could go with Anthony Ralston, Nathan Patterson, or the other wing-back.
You have to be close to him. McTominay was put in against Ukraine. There was no defense there. He could have been a better player if he had a natural centre-half close to him.
To his credit, he took his chance. A problem position that was solved in part by Stephen O'Donnell now has a queue forming.
If McTominay doesn't play at the back, he'll play in the middle as one of Clarke's go to men. McTominay and John McGinn are playing behind Ryan Christie with Che Adams up front.
There is no place for either of them. Both walked into the Ireland team. The goals front is a problem for Scotland. As long as it lasts, it's fine that he's getting more goals from his defenders than from his attacking players.
Adams and McGinn don't have the clinical edge you would look for. Both are on a bad run in club and country. Dublin is a good time to become ruthless.
This isn't the World Cup, but it is critical stuff nonetheless. Scotland took a strong first step on the long and meandering road to Euro 2024 at Hampden and they need to take one at the Aviva.
