Beware Trap the maestro, Platini warns

UEFA president Michel Platini has warned France coach Raymond Domenech about the threat of any team coached by Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni and has called his former Juventus boss “a maestro”.

The Frenchman stopped short of tipping the Irish to beat France in next week’s eagerly-anticipated World Cup qualifying play-off, but he was insistent that any Irish failure will not be down to Trap.

“Trapattoni knows,” said Platini. “He is a maestro of Italian football.