Trapattoni: No player makes tactical call

YOU could call it ‘una duce, una voce’.

Giovanni Trapattoni has rubbished the idea that the Irish players took tactical matters into their own hands in the second leg of the Republic of Ireland’s World Cup play-off against France.

Citing unnamed sources in the Irish dressing room, reports over the weekend suggested that a player revolt on the eve of the game in Paris – and again at half-time during the match – had resulted in the attacking display which brought Ireland so close to victory over the French and to qualification for the World Cup finals.