Dick knows what’s coming from Irish

LIKE Giovanni Trapattoni, Dick Advocaat is a manager of habit.

Dick knows what’s coming from Irish

But whereas it’s Trap’s habit to name his team 24 hours before kick-off, it’s clearly not Dick’s.

Proof of that was provided here in Moscow yesterday when, in the middle of a press conference, the Russia manager was approached by a young local woman who handed him a sheet of paper to study.

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