Heimir Hallgrimsson says he wants the Republic of Ireland to show 'belief' earlier in games after suffering a third defeat in four matches as manager with Sunday's 2-0 loss to Greece.
Heimir Hallgrimsson says he wants the Republic of Ireland to show "belief" earlier in games after he suffered a third defeat in four matches as manager withThe Irish were outplayed during a difficult first half in Athens with Hallgrimsson's side sparking into life only after falling behind to Tasos Bakasetas' 48th-minute opener.
"It was the same against Finland. We then had half-time to talk after the goal. Now it happened very early in the second half. Kelleher was ultimately at fault when he gifted Petros Mantalos a late second, but Hallgrimsson was buoyed by what he saw in the second half. "We know we can do better - we saw that in the second half. It's just to go and grab that belief in each other, in the team and start again with this belief that we had in the second half, and with the intensity, pressing, playing forward and getting the ball in the box etc. That is our entity."Hallgrimsson was also heartened by his substitutes with Jack Taylor coming closest to scoring on his international debut after replacing Evan Ferguson.
"Again, some positives to take away, maybe a lot of positives to take away from this game, but you never want to lose 2-0."
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