Trap demands courage from fighting Irish

UNWORRIED and full of courage. That’s how Giovanni Trapattoni wants his Ireland side to face the French – “just like Trap the player when he came up against Pele”.

“This challenge reminds me of the Milan derby,” he told Italian journalists. “When it was my Inter team against the Milan of the ‘phenomenons’. They had Van Basten, Gullit, Rijkaard. Arrigo Sacchi was the man in the dugout.

“Technically we couldn’t even get close to their level, but go and have a look who won most often in the end. My Inter side had bite.