Trap in Pole position to eye Euro training facilities

GIOVANNI TRAPATTONI and Marco Tardelli will travel to Poland this week to assess Ireland’s base camp options for the European Championship finals next summer.

The Irish management team will tour Wroclaw and Gdynia on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to inspect training facilities and accommodation in both cities, as preparations intensify for Ireland’s Euro 2012 group games against Croatia, Spain and Italy in Gdansk and Poznan next June.

Sweden, having been drawn in Group D in Ukraine, are not now expected to take up their base camp option in Gdynia, preferring instead to relocate to Kiev.