Trap will relish Euro challenge, says Keane

ROY KEANE believes Giovanni Trapattoni will be ‘rubbing his hands’ in anticipation after the draw for the 2012 European Championship qualifying groups presented Ireland with a realistic chance of reaching the finals in Poland and the Ukraine.

And Irish hopes have been boosted by the strongest signs yet from Moscow that Russian manager Guus Hiddink will not still be at the national helm by the time Group B kicks off in September.

Trapattoni’s side face Russia, Slovakia, Macedonia, Armenia and Andorra, and while Keane reckons it’s a difficult draw he also thinks that, on the back of a positive World Cup campaign, Ireland are entitled to relish the challenge.