Martin O'Neill objavio širi spisak igrača za EURO
Irski selektor Martin O'Neill objavio je popis od 35 nogometaša koji će se od 23. jula pojaviti na pripremama za Euro, a s kojeg će odabrati 23 igrača za nastup u Francuskoj.
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Među kandidatima su i veterani s više od 130 nastupa u nacionalnom dresu, 40-godišnji golman Shay Given i najbolji strijelac reprezentacije 35-godišnji Robbie Keane.
Irska će 27. maja odigrati prijateljsku utakmicu s Holandijom, a 31. maja s Bjelorusijom.
Dan nakon dvoboja s Holanđanima, izbornik O'Neill će objaviti konačan popis 23 nogometaša koji će predstavljati Irsku na Euru u Francuskoj. Irci se nalaze u grupi E s Belgijom, Italijom i Švedskom.
Širi popis reprezentacije Irske:
GOLMANI: Shay Given (Stoke City, 133 nastupa / 0 golova), Darren Randolph (West Ham United, 8/0), David Forde (Millwall, 23/0), Keiren Westwood (Sheffield Wednesday, 18/0).
ODBRANA: Seamus Coleman (Everton, 33/0), Cyrus Christie (Derby County, 4/1), Paul McShane (Reading, 33/0), Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa, 16/2), Richard Keogh (Derby County, 11/1), John O'Shea (Sunderland,110/3), Alex Pearce (Bristol City, 7/2), Shane Duffy (Blackburn Rovers, 2/0), Marc Wilson (Stoke City, 24/1), Stephen Ward (Burnley, 32/2).
VEZNI RED: Aiden McGeady (Sheffield Wednesday, 81/5), James McClean (West Bromwich Albion, 36/5), Glenn Whelan (Stoke City, 70/2), James McCarthy (Everton, 35/0), Jeff Hendrick (Derby County, 19/0), David Meyler (Hull City, 15/0), Stephen Quinn (Reading, 14/0), Darron Gibson (Everton, 25/1), Harry Arter (Bournemouth, 1/0), Wes Hoolahan (Norwich City, 28/2), Eunan O'Kane (Bournemouth, 2/0), Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City, 9/1), Robbie Brady (Norwich City, 22/4), Jonathan Walters (Stoke City, 38/10), Jonathan Hayes (Aberdeen, 2/0), Callum O'Dowda (Oxford United, 0/0).
NAPAD: Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy, 143/67), Shane Long (Southampton, 61/15), David McGoldrick (Ipswich Town, 2/0), Kevin Doyle (Colorado Rapids, 62/14), Daryl Murphy (Ipswich Town, 20/0).