Andrews: It’s hard to kill us off

Ireland have built a reputation as a team that is bloody difficult to kill off under Giovanni Trapattoni so it was strangely fitting that they should share a hotel yesterday with the man who is best known for starring roles in the ‘Die Hard’ movies.

Bruce Willis was in the Hungarian capital to shoot his latest movie this week, part of it in the same digs as an Irish side that was killing time before early evening transfer to the Puskas Ferenc Stadion for their last warm-up fixture before Euro 2012.

Like the wise-cracking John McClane character, Ireland found themselves hanging tough in the face of a determined assault with the Hungarians forcing a string of saves from Shay Given and Kieren Westwood while Stephen Hunt cleared a late pot off his line.