Republic of Ireland 0 Hungary 0: match report The hour-long downpour left the pitch greasy and slick in some areas, but holding water in others, so it was unpredictable, to say the least. But in front of the watching Croatia coach, Slaven Bilic, Ireland began brightly, unfazed by the disruption to their preparation caused by the lightning storm. Sunderland defender O'Shea, sidelined since aggravating an ankle injury on the final day of the Premier League season, was the first to show Trapattoni that he was ready for Euro 2012 by bursting forward from right back to head Damien Duff's cross narrowly over goalkeeper Adam Bogdan's crossbar on seven minutes. Robbie Keane then forced a good save from the Bolton "keeper with a deflected strike eight minutes later, but Hungary, ranked 35th in the Fifa world rankings, 17 places below Ireland, began to get a grip of the difficult conditions and take control of the game. Captain Balazs Dzsudzsak, a £19m signing for Dynamo Moscow in January, justified his high valuation with three stunning strikes which all brought equally spectacular saves from Given. Dzsudzsak's third effort, a left-foot strike from 18 yards, was the best of the lot, but again, Given proved he was over his knee scare by denying the midfielder. Although Ireland emerged from the game with all of their players fit and available for their Euro 2012 campaign, they were unable to secure the victory which would have provided a timely confidence boost ahead of the tournament. The familiar failings which could return to Ireland in Poland - failure to retain possession and a blunt attacking edge - resurfaced against the Hungarians, with the home side missing twice as many chances as the Irish created. And Ireland almost surrendered their 13-game unbeaten run in the closing stages when they had to rely on Stephen Hunt's goal-line clearance from Imre Szabics to keep them on level terms. Hungary (4-2-3-1): Bogdan; Varga, Korcsmar, Meszaros, Halmosi; Koman, Pinter; Gyurcso, Szakaly, Dzsudzsak; Szalai. Subs: Kiraly (g), Kadar, Nemeth, Debreceni, Vanczak, Koltai, Szabics. Republic of Ireland (4-4-2): Given; O'Shea, Dunne, St Ledger, Ward; Duff, Whelan, Andrews, McGeady; Keane, Doyle. Subs: Westwood (g), Kelly, Walters, Gibson, Hunt, O'Dea, Long. Referee: K. Hansen (Denmark)