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The Ireland starting team to face France is here and it is interesting
Published 12:46 26 Jun 2016 BST
Updated 12:49 26 Jun 2016 BST
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Immortality beckons. No Ireland team has ever won two games in a major tournament. None of Jack's or Mick's teams. Certainly not Trapattoni's team. The Republic take on France on Sunday at 2pm (Irish time) and Martin O'Neill and his boys have a chance to make history. Not only have they managed to secure the country's first victory at the European Championships since their very first game all of 28 years ago, but they have added to the tally of wins at major tournaments: that now stands at four. This is the team that's been picked to do that job. The job that no other Irish man has ever managed to complete. And the good news is that Stephen Ward has been passed fit and it's the same XI that performed so heroically in Lille against the Italians. We will take the same performance and the same result. #COYBIG https://twitter.com/FAIreland/status/747032944930357248Explore more on these topics:
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