Stephen Kenny has insisted his Irish squad will attack France and not just ‘accept a slow death.’
Gavin Cooney reports from FAI HQ, Abbottstown ROBBIE BRADY HAS been called up to the Irish squad with Callum O’Dowda emerging as a major doubt for tomorrow’s Euro 2024 qualifier against France with a groin strain.
Elsewhere, doubts linger over captain Seamus Coleman’s availability. Coleman wasn’t included on the bench against Latvia as he had a thigh strain, and has not taken part in full training this week. Kenny is not yet ruling Coleman out of contention tomorrow night, with a lot hinging of how he comes through training at Abbottstown this afternoon.
The visit of France is a daunting challenge but Kenny insists now is not the time for Ireland to rip up their progressive gameplan. “And France, one of the best teams in the world coming at us, do we just suddenly change and not have to courage to do that? And just accept a slow death? Definitely not. And I think we’ll show, and we’ll need to show, fire and ice. We need to show fire, we need to have that level of tenacity in our play and aggression in our play but also have composure in possession and have that level of calm in our play in possession. And it’s trying to combine the two.
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