Republic of Ireland boss Stephen Kenny has insisted “nothing is impossible” as he plots Euro 2024 qualifying victories over European superpowers France and the Netherlands in September.
Kenny’s men belatedly opened their Group B account with a 3-0 victory over Gibraltar at the Aviva Stadium on Monday evening to ease at least a little of the disappointment of Friday night’s 2-1 defeat in Greece.
Ireland’s hopes of securing one of the top two spots look forlorn unless they can pull off a series of shock results, but that is exactly what Kenny intends to do.
FT | Three goals, three points |
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Asked what his message was to the players, he replied: “It’s a seven-day window just, it’s a short win…
Laying down what was another stunning marker on Sunday night, Napoli picked up an impressive 1-0 victory away at Jose Mourinho s Roma.
Only continuing on what has been a remarkable start to the 2022/23 campaign, the Azzurri also once again widened their buffer at the top of the Serie A table to three points.
In the midst of what has been a record-breaking purple patch, Sunday s guests made it 11 victories on the bounce as attacking talisman Victor Osimhen struck a late winner at Stadio Olimpico.
Gaining a string of plaudits and also enjoying a rampant run of form while on Champions League duties, Napoli also exposed Roma s extended attacking inconstancies.
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Swansea manager Brendan Rogers said his side got its just reward after clinching promotion to the English Premier League on Monday.
The Welsh club looked in control at half-time of the Championship playoff against Reading at Wembley after jumping out to a 3-0 lead inside 40 minutes.
But Reading scored twice in the first 12 minutes of the second half to give hope to their band of supporters, only for Scott Sinclair s penalty his third goal of the game to ice the result for Swansea on 80 minutes.
It was a fantastic game, said Rodgers, who was sacked as Reading coach in December 2009 and joined Swansea in July 2010.
I don t think we played as well as we did for most of the season.
But on the moments when we did show our quality we were very, ve…
Former Scotland manager Craig Brown has died at the age of 82, Aberdeen have confirmed.
Brown is the last man to lead Scotland to a World Cup finals, taking the team in France 25 years ago.
A statement from Aberdeen read: “Everyone at Aberdeen FC is heartbroken by the loss of our beloved former manager, director and club ambassador, Craig Brown.
Everyone at Aberdeen FC is heartbroken by the loss of our beloved former manager, director and club ambassador, Craig Brown.
A dear friend to us all, Craig will be sorely missed and our love and condolences are with his family at this terribly sad time.
— Aberdeen FC (@AberdeenFC)
“A dear friend to us all, Craig will be sorely missed and our love and condolences are with his family at this t…