Ireland fall to fluent French

WORLD CUP semi-finalists France showed their class at Turner’s Cross last night as three second half goals saw them claim all three points against a gallant Irish side in their UEFA Euro 2013 Women’s Group 4 qualifier.

Sue Ronan’s Irish side, who started their qualifying campaign with a 2-0 win in Wales last weekend, were always going to be up against it against a gifted French side and the home side did well to keep the visitors scoreless for over an hour before running out of steam.

Ireland played with a lone striker in Fiona O’Sullivan, which meant local girl Denise O’Sullivan missed out, as they tried to crowd midfield and stop the fluent French from controlling the game