Ireland now enter their longest annual stretch without a game, with the regular Nations League season completed.
Gavin Cooney AND SO IRELAND enter their longest stretch of inaction, with the senior team’s next game not until 20 March, when they play the first leg of their Nations League relegation play-off.
Ireland’s flinty first-half resolve was swept away shortly after half-time at Wembley, with Liam Scales’ red card the trigger for a collapse. England led 3-0 within six minutes of Scales trudge off the pitch. Ireland are third seeds in the draw, with the top seeds naturally stacked with daunting opponents. Also concerning for Ireland are the quality of their potential opponents in the second pot: Ireland will get one of Ukraine, Turkiye, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia or, God forbid, Greece, who have beaten them four times since June of last year.
“The good thing is that we are in a four-team group”, he says. “That is more or less 100%. Then we can use June for final preparation, more relaxed. The experimentation will cease by the time the World Cup qualifiers come around, however, when Hallgrimsson will then nail down his preferred team in pursuit solely of results.
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