Trap looks to the next step

ALTHOUGH Giovanni Trapattoni insists he has no particular preference about who Ireland get in today’s European Championship play-off draw, he observed yesterday that Estonia tend more towards the physical than the creative — and teams high on creativity are the ones which cause him most concern.

By common consensus, the Estonians would be the dream draw for Ireland, given they managed to finish second in their qualifying group despite losing a remarkable four games in the course of their campaign. But, overall, Trapattoni’s view is that thereis hardly a world of difference between Turkey, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro and Estonia.

“One team is the same as the other,” he said.