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20th June 2016
12:50pm BST

"At international level, you actually get time on the ball. It's not like a Premiership game or a Championship match. You do get time on the ball and then it's your decision-making, it's your first and second touch," the midfield legend said. "A lot of great managers used to say, 'the time to judge a player is when he has time on the ball.' You see then how long it takes from his first and his second touch. It's an area we have to improve on - I'm going back the last 20, 30, 40 years - Irish players have got to deal with the ball at the highest level. "It's an area we have to improve on. It's highly unlikely that we're going to do that in the next 48 hours. In terms of the big picture, going forward, in the underage teams, you have to have lads who can put their foot on the ball and show a bit of composure and courage - want the ball."
Ireland take on Italy at 8pm (Irish time) on Wednesday night in what is a must-win clash.
Keane was asked on Monday about preparing for teams who are better than you. It was the only time The Stare was produced.
https://twitter.com/ConanDoherty/status/744835128619311104
If Ireland play like they did at the weekend though, that mindset would be classed more as a fact.
But it can change with courage. It can change with wanting the ball.
"I'm not talking about our players but sometimes you get players who show for it but they're not really showing for it," he said. "You want to see the whites of their eyes. You have to want the ball, that's where courage comes into it. "Courage is a big part of being a footballer. Courage doesn't mean booting somebody. It's wanting the ball when you don't actually want the ball, if that makes sense. "Bravery. Courage. We need to see that in the next two days."https://twitter.com/ConanDoherty/status/744839487243558916

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