Italian media heap praise on Trap’s Ireland as Azzurri make their point

ITALY have made it, and with a match to spare, just as they did when they won the World Cup in 1982 and 2006, as Marcello Lippi was keen to point out.

But the performance of Lippi’s team in Dublin has brought a mixed response from the Italian media, and even more so from some of the fans.

Ireland’s efforts, by contrast, produced nothing but praise.