Midfielder is back after missing previous games with injury and is relishing challenge of facing ‘world-class’ French
felt like she was back in Albania again when she and her team-mates made their way by coach through rain of biblical proportions en route from their Luxembourg base to Metz for training on Thursday afternoon. “I was like, ‘here we go again’,” she said, the deluge calling to mind that night in Shkodër back in October, when the Cork woman somehow managed to scramble home a winner through the puddles in the 88th minute.
Whether or not the elements have dampened the locals’ enthusiasm for the game, who knows, but as of Thursday evening a crowd of just 18,000 was being forecast, meaning about 10,000 seats in the stadium would be left empty. The hope is that the bulk of them will be filled by last-minuters. They gave a glimpse of their quality when they beat Ireland 3-0 in Tallaght last summer ahead of the World Cup, and while O’Sullivan insists not too much should be read in to that result – “a lot has changed since then” – it gave her a close-up view of just how gifted the French are.
That echoed O’Sullivan’s response on the tweet machine to the draw for the group. When all around her when trembling after Ireland were placed in a group with England, France and Sweden, three of the world’s top six ranked nations, she was relishing the challenge. “We want to be here, now we are. Let’s have it,” she posted.
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