It’s D-Day for the Republic of Ireland’s Euro 2012 squad. Giovanni Trapattoni is in the Aviva Stadium to announce his 23-man panel for next month’s European Championships in Poland and Ukraine.
Who made the cut? We had live updates from Lansdowne Road.
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Ireland squad: Given, Westwood, Forde, Dunne, O’Shea, St.Ledger, O’Dea, Ward, Kelly, Foley, Whelan, Gibson, Andrews, Fahey, Duff, McGeady, Hunt, McClean, Keane, Doyle, Cox, Long, Walters.Standby: Randolph, McShane, Green, Coleman, Keogh.
15.22 – What do we know then? Well, Trap has indicated that he will name a 23-man squad today for the European Championships and for the pre-tournament warm-up games.
He’s also indicated that he will pick a few standby players in case of injuries, although he probably won’t announce these names and will inform the players themselves on a one-to-one basis.
15.55 – Trap asked to compare McClean to a young Toto Schillachi:
When we bought Del Piero for Juventus, he was 17 and on the bench. When we sent him on, he scored within four minutes. I told Marco he would have a great career.
McClean believes, and this situation is important
May God be on his side that he’s like Schillaci.
16.08 – To recap on the main points from this afternoon’s announcement:
- Giovanni Trapattoni has named a 23-man squad for next month’s European Championships, with five players on a standby list.
- James McCarthy has taken the difficult decision to withdraw from the squad following the diagnosis of his father with cancer.
- Sunderland winger James McClean has been included as one of Trapattoni’s eight midfielders.
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