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24th February 2016
02:47pm GMT

"We did something great through hard work and I'm very happy to have had that experience."The former Ireland boss even went as far to say that if it hadn't been for the class of Andre Pirlo, Ireland would have managed to get a result against Italy.
"When I trained Ireland, only the prowess of Andrea Pirlo managed to beat us. Ireland is a squad with great gifts in terms of character and never gives up." "On an athletic and physical level, they're leaders. Tactically, it's a team that has grown a lot."Ireland lost 2-0 to the Italians in the final game of Group C. Antonio Cassano and Mario Balotelli got the goals that sealed the win for Italy.
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