We’ll have to keep our discipline, says Given

DESPITE appearances, Shay Given, who will captain his country this evening in the absence of Robbie Keane, didn’t exactly have a quiet night in Andorra on Friday.

Admittedly, he didn’t have much to do in the way of actually making saves but, in the tiny Estadi Comunal stadium, his shouted instructions reverberated around the ground.

“I couldn’t hear anyone else in the stadium,” he quipped, “I had to get the atmosphere going it was that quiet!”