Republic of Ireland skipper Robbie Keane has praised the collective effort of the squad after they clinched a place at the Euro 2016 finals.
Robbie Brady claimed the headlines with his goal in the 1-1 first-leg draw with Bosnia-Herzegovina and Jonathan Walters was the hero in the return with both goals at the Aviva Stadium, but Keane was quick to praise all those who had contributed to qualification.
The 35-year-old, who was on the bench for the final two games of the campaign, said: "Full credit to the whole squad.
"I'm very, very proud to be Irish and of the players who are here and the players who are not here also. The players who have contributed as well, the Shays, the Stephen Quinns, Paul McShanes, people like that who have been here from the start. "It's a shame they are not here to celebrate."
Keane was in the Ireland team who suffered the heartache of World Cup play-off defeat in France in 2009 when Thierry Henry's handball cost the visitors dearly.
Six years on, it was Ireland who got the benefit of a questionable decision when Dutch referee Bjorn Kuipers harshly ruled that Bosnia-Herzegovina defender Ervin Zukanovic had handled Daryl Murphy's cross, and in Keane's absence, Walters duly obliged from the spot to send the home side on their way.
The LA Galaxy striker said: "Listen, we got lucky, certainly, with the penalty. In the first half, we didn't create too many chances, but we kept going. But what we did at times, we did very, very well.
"I thought Jonny Walters was great again. He got two goals he certainly deserved. He's been fantastic in this whole campaign."
The tie remained in the balance until Walters volleyed home a second 20 minutes from time from Brady's free-kick after the Norwich winger, who was once again employed at left-back, had failed to make the most of a series of earlier set-pieces.
Brady said: "I fancied it despite the 10 brutal ones I had before that. I knew I had to get one right. I'm just glad Jonny stuck with me.
"We had a chat about where I wanted him to go when I was hitting it and he stuck with me, to be fair, and got on the end of it and put away the second goal excellently.
"One out of 10 is not great, but when it means as much as that, I'll take it all day. It was just a special night. You grow up dreaming of these type of moments. It's a bit of a cliche, but you really do.
"This has always been my dream, to play in front of an Irish support as good as tonight. You don't want to let anyone down and it would have been an awful shame with the results that we picked up to let everyone down. I'm happy for everyone involved - bring on France."