Azzurri blues can help against Les Bleus

IRELAND’S painful Italian lesson can prove invaluable against the French. So says Richard Dunne, and Liam Brady wholeheartedly agrees.

The Irish team went from ecstasy to agony in the space of three minutes at Croke Park last month, squandering a lead against the world champions right at the death.

And, as far as the Aston Villa centre-half is concerned, it won’t be allowed to happen again.