Three’s a dream but just one’ll do nicely

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Three’s a dream but just one’ll do nicely

With Spain and Italy still to come, there is a popular view that tomorrow’s game in Poznan is a must-win for both Ireland and Croatia if either side is to harbour any kind of realistic ambition of confounding the odds to qualify for the quarter-finals of Euro 2012.

I disagree. At the risk of sounding like Il Trap himself, I regard the match as, first and foremost, a must-not-lose for Ireland.

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