Martin ONeill hailed Seamus Colemans captains goal after the right-back proved to be the match-winner for Republic of Ireland in a narrow 1-0 win over Georgia on Thursday. The Irish skipper bundled home his first international goal to secure a vital victory for ONeills side, moving them onto four points in 2018 World Cup qualification Group D.Georgia were the better side in the first half, twice hitting the woodwork, and ONeill said he expected stiff opposition, admitting his side were second best before Colemans intervention. Highlights from Group D as Republic of Ireland faced Georgia in the European Qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup. I watched their [Georgia] game against Austria and they could have scored before Austria scored a goal, ONeill told Sky Sports. Perhaps if they had a natural goalscorer in their side they could cause teams lots of problems.We have played them three times now in around a year-and-a-half and we have found all three matches difficult.They had the better of the first half by miles and we came into it better in the second half.We pressed them better and we gained some second balls, which we didnt get in the first half, and Seamus Coleman comes up with a wonder run and goal that befits the captain of the side. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. Levan Mchedlidze and Guram Kashi hit the crossbar and post respectively for the visitors, who controlled the first half at the Aviva Stadium.Republic of Ireland improved after the break and held on to clinch their first Group D win in their bid to secure qualification for the World Cup in two years time, leaving ONeill to pay tribute to his players character. Jonathan Walters attempts an overhead kick in the first half at the Aviva Stadium The important thing about the players is they have, certainly since I have come to the team, a great desire to do well, the manager said. When its not going so well, obviously you need to re-energise and we needed a spark again in the second half to get ourselves going.The players got themselves going in the second half. Obviously Im delighted with the three points [but] we can play much better than that. Seamus Coleman celebrates his goal against Georgia Goalscorer Coleman added: In the first half we werent good enough and we were lucky to go in 0-0 at half-time.Its all about three points but we know the performance wasnt good enough, but were happy to come out of it with three points.The manager just gave us a rollicking and said nowhere near good enough.We came out second half, played slightly better, scored the goal, defended better. I thought man of the match was our keeper [Darren Randolph]. 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Some City streetlightss had a ".ddddddddddddomingsoon" hashtag with Kafkas silhouette outside the downtown club where the press conference was held Kaka was expected to join a watch party of the United States-Belgium World Cup match Tuesday afternoon. The signing was the culmination of two years of "flirting" between da Silva and Kaka ("I love Flavio, but Im married and so is he," Kaka joked) after the World Cup champion MVP served as a spokesman for one of da Silvas companies. Even after da Silva sold the company, his pursuit continued as Kaka entertained some MLS offers, most notably from New York. Both Kakas appreciation of the Orlando market as well as Brazil delivering the highest number of international visitors to the destination, influenced his decision to become the face of Orlandos startup efforts as the MLS 21st franchise. The team has won two USL Pro regular season titles and two post season championships. 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