Ireland squandered an early two-goal lead but rescued a 3-2 win at the Aviva Stadium.
Gavin Cooney reports from the Aviva Stadium STEPHEN KENNY TEMPERED his praise of Ireland’s performance in tonight’s 3-2 friendly win over Latvia by admitting he isn’t “euphoric” at the fact Ireland squandered a two-goal lead.
“There were many aspects that I was pleased with in the game”, said Kenny post-game, “and I counteract that by saying that it wasn’t the perfect performance, of course. I felt our passing was quote good in the first-half and we had penetration in all our play.“Callum O’Dowd gave us that on the left wing and the link play between Matt Doherty and Will Smallbone on the right gave them a lot of problems. So we looked very good for periods and then we went in two-all at half-time.
“We got caught with a pass inside and got punished with an unbelievable goal. The second goal was deflected but I didn’t think it was a reflection of play at half-time but glad to win the game, and a lot of good things came from it.”“Latvia are lowly ranked but in last year they have done well, there are no formalities. In the second-half we weren’t all that cohesive and could have been better at times.
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