The countdown to her showdown National us with her Ireland for the 4th matchday of the Nations League has started, with the two teams facing each other on Sunday evening (13/10, 21:45), at “Georgios Karaiskakis”.
The coach of the guests, Heimir Hallgrimsonspoke at the press conference, expressing his condolences on the sudden passing of George Baldock, before addressing the racing.
What the coach of the Irish national team said in detail:
“I think losing Baldock will bring them closer together. Moments like this just bring not only them, but all people together, and make you realize that life is more than football.
I have a bit of a connection to this loss because Baldock played for my hometown team back in Iceland when he was 18. He played one season there. Of course, our condolences to his family and everyone around him. I think it will be the same team, maybe with more emotion. Whether that’s good or bad, we’ll see tomorrow.”.
On the situation Ireland is in: “Apart from McGuinness, everyone is fit and ready. Normally, a win will recover you a bit faster than no win. Everyone is ready and want to play this game. The players know themselves, it’s the conversation with the players, if they’re ready to start again, it’s the numbers, we’ll look at. A mixture of professional opinion, personal opinion and then the coaches will decide what is best for the team. It’s a mix of everything, we’ll just have a good, honest discussion with the players about what’s best to play against Greece.”.
On the fact that Ireland only had one training session between the Finland and Greece matches: “We have a squad, including the staff, full of people who want to win games. This goes without saying, but how you win games is in the details and many smaller parts that you need to make sure you get right to earn the right to win games. We did this on Thursday, we know we have to prepare properly and be ready to go. Coming off a win it’s always a little bit easier to restart the energy”.
On whether Ireland is easy to break down: “I really don’t care if we’re easy to break down, if we’re hard to play against. I said this about Finland. Finland is a pretty easy team to break down, they’re consistent in what they do, they’re just good at it and that’s why they’re hard to play against. I’d like us to be the kind of team that people hate to play against.”.
On what his team needs to improve: “There were some moments in the Finland game where we didn’t play well and we have to reduce those moments where we don’t play forward. Ireland play best when we play forward, when they are organised, when they can fight, when they can take duels, when they play forward, I think those are our best moments. Our structure… you know hesitation is not the Irish team’s strong point. We just have to find ways to improve these things, to be organized, to be more consistent or consistent in what we do. I feel we are taking steps, coaches always like to take big steps, but in reality it is small steps and to be more focused on what we need to improve. And just to make faster decisions and react faster to decisions”.
Source: Sport Fm
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