The 72-year-old who just keeps on running

THERE was something of a last day at school feel at the Clarion Airport Hotel in Dublin yesterday, as the Irish camp folded up its tents and prepared to go its separate ways for the summer.

Giovanni Trapattoni was waiting for a flight home to Milan but had to admit that, as yet, he was unsure of his holiday plans.

Grinning widely, he revealed: “My wife asked last week when we will go on holiday. And I said, we must wait a moment, because I have to review the game against Italy which had so many important situations.