Giovanni Trappotoni’s Republic of Ireland team were robbed of a World Cup finals place last night when French striker Thierry Henry broke the Irish hearts with a deliberate control of the ball with his hand to set up an extra time goal for William Gallas on 103 minutes.
Ireland had done everything right during a game [...]
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Brave Republic of Ireland miss out on World Cup place
John Williams - Thursday 19.11.09, 12:04pm
Tags: France · Republic of Ireland · World Cup
Trapattoni tells Republic of Ireland to play with ‘warm hearts and cool heads’
John Williams - Wednesday 18.11.09, 10:58am
The Republic of Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni has called upon his squad to play with ‘warm hearts and cool heads’, ahead of tonight’s World Cup qualifying play off against France.
Words were exchanged in a few heated moments at the end of the first leg in a confrontation between Lassana Diarra and Keith Andrews and Trapattoni [...]
Tags: France · International · Republic of Ireland · World Cup
