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Ireland vs. France preview: Come on ye boys in green!

Time for Trap and the boys to shove it to the fancy French

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SEAN O'SHEA
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IrishCentral.com Staff Writer
Published Saturday, November 14, 2009, 11:14 AM
Updated Saturday, November 14, 2009, 11:47 AM
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Giovanni Trapattoni and his Irish team need to put Raymond Domenech and his French boys under pressure.

We are just hours away from the biggest soccer match to take place in Dublin for many a year.

Ireland take on France in the first leg of the World Cup playoff at Croke Park, and if ever there was a need for an Irish crowd to inspire our warriors then today is the day.

The French are good, but in Raymond Domenech they have a manager who is a bit of an oddball and not very respected by his players. Consequently, they are a Gallic bunch of moaners who are legends in their own heads.

We have Trapattoni, but as much experience and as much wisdom he has and despite the fact that he was born on St. Paddy’s day, he can’t put on an Irish uniform and play for us.

The Irish team needs to find a little more, and demand a little more out of themselves for this one.  Even Signor Trapattoni has said so.

Possession is nine tenths of the law, and Ireland cannot afford to surrender it to their French opponents as easily as they have to other teams during the current campaign.

Quite frankly, the French players are too good to serve the ball up to them on a platter.

If the boys in green are to progress then every set piece will have to be executed perfectly.  Against Italy we scored from two set pieces, a skillfully thought out free kick in the first half and a back post header from a free in the dying minutes.

We are most dangerous from set plays and need to exploit that against the French, who have a bit of a soft center at the back in the form of Abidal and Gallas.

Richard Dunne could be our best weapon, both offensively and defensively. Though easier said than done, Ireland have to do four things to keep this tie alive going to Paris next Wednesday:

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Posted by plasticpaddy on Nov 14, 2009, 11:59 AM EST
Come on Ireland!


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