Mick McCarthy is monitoring developments as UEFA prepare to deliver judgment on the angry scenes which followed Portugal's 2-1 defeat in their semi-final against France in Brussels on Wednesday.
UEFA's disciplinary committee met yesterday to examine the implications of the mayhem which saw the match officials run the gauntlet of incensed Portuguese players, and Nuno Gomes red carded, after Zinedine Zidane's penalty had put France through to the final in extra time.
A final judgment will not be handed down until Sunday morning, and the speculation is that they will choose to review video evidence of incidents which may have gone unnoticed in the chaos.
Gomes was the only player to be disciplined for his part in the scenes, but it may well be that others will find themselves incriminated.
The certainty is that Gomes will be banned and, with manager Humberto Coelho resigning after the game, the Portuguese could be in some disarray for their World Cup qualifier against the Republic of Ireland at Lisbon on October 14th.
McCarthy refused to comment on possible sanctions against the Portuguese, but continued to defend his decision to open his World Cup programme with intimidating games in Holland and Portugal.
"Experience teaches that very often teams suffer a backlash coming off the back of championship finals, and it may well be that we'll catch one or other on the hop."
