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18th June 2019
12:10pm BST

"Never back against the Irish - that's what I've learned today. Fantastic performance. "I've been in dressing rooms many times, when the manager has come in and said, 'Give me 100% effort, attitude and commitment, and that's all I ask'. The Irish gave 130% tonight, in all these attributes. "They were fantastic. Eight of these players, tonight, played as well as they could have possibly done. They hustled and they harried. They never gave Italy time or space and they never looked under any sort of threat at all. "Italy had one little spell in the second half when they got on top but Babb and McGrath were outstanding. They were terrific."Former Manchester United and England winger Steve Coppell chimed in with praise too and remarked that the matchwinner was a 'typically Irish goal, with the ball played up to the lone striker'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otloR0Av45o That report also covers the O.J Simpson car chase, which also occurred under an intense media glare on the same day. For all the talk of McGrath and Babb, the pundits noted that Sheridan, Townsend and Houghton all had decent chances to make the game safe at 2-0. As Charlton himself told the BBC, "There'll be parties going on all over the world tonight."
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