UEFA EURO 2025 QUALIFYING PLAY-OFF ROUND 1 FIRST LEG Georgia v Republic of Ireland, Mikheil Meskhi II Stadium, Friday 25 October, 5pm Irish time TV Watch live coverage on RTÉ 2 and RTÉ Player from 4.30pm. RADIO Listen to first half commentary on Radio 1 Extra, with second half on 2fm's Game On. ONLINE Follow a live blog on rte.ie/sport and the RTÉ News App. WEATHER Friday in Tblisi is expected to be sunny with light breezes throughout the afternoon.
Occasional showers may occur later in the evening. Temperatures of around eight degrees celsius at kick-off IRELAND CAN PUT TIE TO BED BEFORE TALLAGHT Despite finishing bottom of a tough qualifying group, Ireland remain in the hunt to qualify for the European Championships for the very first time.After an opening night defeat to France, and home and away losses to England and Sweden, July's somewhat unexpected 3-1 victory over the French at Páirc Uí Chaoimh ensured that Eileen Gleeson's side would be seeded for the play-off series.The draw for play-off path 1 was then relatively kind, as Ireland were reunited with Georgia, who were humbled 11-0 and 9-0 by the then Vera Pauw-managed Girls in Green during the 2023 World Cup qualifiers.That Georgia side lost all eight games in that group, without scoring a goal and conceding 54, although they appear to have improved since, benefitting from the increased competition provided by the inaugural Nations League of 2023/24.Georgia picked up a win during that campaign, and added three more in their Euro 2025 qualifying group League C, a double over Cyprus and a disciplined 1-0 win away in Lithuania.A 20-0 aggregate loss to Ireland is unlikely to be repeated in this upcoming two-legged tie but Gleeson's team will expect to at least have