This looks like the impossible task for Ireland, as they seek revenge for that Thierry Henry handball that dramatically denied them a place at the 2010 world cup. Gaining revenge for that would be difficult in any case, but with France as the hosts it seems even harder. If you look at the Irish during the group stage, their performances has largely relied on heart and not much else, although they can be threat on the counter.
France are growing game by game, but their main problem has been how hard they’ve found unlocking games. They required late goals in both of their two groups wins and if the Irish can defend resolutely here we could be in for a similar story. As mentioned, Both French wins came in the end, and as seen against Belgium, the Irish defense tend to fall apart in the latter stages, especially if they already a goal down. The way to play this one is ‘Draw First Half/France Second’ at rather juicy odds of 13/5.
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