
Football
Share
Published 16:12 24 Jun 2018 BST
Updated 13:25 3 May 2020 BST
Explore more on these topics:
Following the match, after the fury about Henry's handball eventually died down, Irish football fans consoled themselves by focusing on how well the team had played in Paris. Their adventurous approach was the antithesis of the football that had been played to that point under manager Giovanni Trapattoni.
Rumours began to spread that the team had decided amongst themselves to disobey Trap's cautious approach and take the game to France. However, Kevin Doyle, who played that night, has disputed any suggestion that the team ignored their manager's tactical plan.
Doyle was speaking on RTE during the World Cup and said that the team simply had to go for it on the night.
"I only heard about that a year later, in an interview - that we had a meeting on the team bus on the way to the game and had decided to ignore what Giovanni told us to do and to play our own way. Unless I wasn't in the meeting, but I started the game so I presume I would have heard about it. "It just wasn't true... people have sworn Gospel to me that that happened but it just did not. We played so well in that game because it was a playoff game in France, we were full of adrenalin and we were playing out of our skin... it was the occasion."You can watch the full clip here: https://twitter.com/RTEsoccer/status/1010895874963038208
Trump takes huge step forward in adding new country to World Cup
Where there’s a will, there’s a way… A Trump envoy has asked FIFA to replace Iran with Italy at the upcoming World Cup in the US, Canada and Mexico. If Italy, four-times World Cup winners, weren’t already embarrassed enough in failing to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, gaining entry through the back door will […]
Football
3h
Top-flight footballers and F1 driver caught up in prostitution scandal
The police are working on the case. La Gazzetta dello Sport have reported that police in Milan have seized €1.2m from a criminal group involved in prostitution. Unnamed Serie A players – including some playing for Inter and AC Milan – as well as an F1 star, have been caught up in the scandal, having […]
Football
1 day ago
Football
Live sport on TV in Ireland this weekend – Football, GAA, Rugby – April 17th to 19th
Football