IRELAND WILL TRAVEL to Hungary for their final preparation game before Euro 2012, it was confirmed today.
The FAI yesterday announced details of plans to hold a pre-tournament training camp in Italy after a friendly with Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Aviva Stadium on May 26.
And in a press release this afternoon, they have said that an agreement has been made with the Hungarian FA to host a fixture in Budapest’s Puskas Ference Stadium on June 4.
The 37th-placed team in the world didn’t qualify for this summer’s tournament as they finished third in Group E behind Holland and Sweden. Sandor Egervari’s side did record an impressive 2-1 win over the Swedes in September, however.
Ireland play the Czech Republic at the end of this month and Giovanni Trapattoni is set to name his squad on Friday.
The team’s programme is as follows:
Feb 29 Republic of Ireland v Czech Republic, Aviva
May 26 Republic of Ireland v Bosnia Herzegovina, Aviva
May 27 Pre-training camp, Montecatini, Italy
June 3 Transfer from Montecatini to Budapest
June 4 Hungary v Republic of Ireland, Budapest
June 5 UEFA EURO 2012 training camp, Gdynia, Poland
June 10 Republic of Ireland v Croatia, Poznan, Poland
June 14 Spain v Republic of Ireland, Gdansk, Poland
June 18 Italy v Republic of Ireland, Poznan, Poland
