Trap ‘expects’ to stay on but admits fate now out of his hands

If it was game over for Giovanni Trapattoni in more ways than one in Torshavn last night, he was putting a brave and even defiant face on it when he came in to meet the media after the 4-1 win.

“I expect to continue to be the manager,” he said. “We have played only three games at the start of qualifying and we lose only once against the best team. But it is not my decision.”

Asked if he thought he still had the support of the FAI, he replied: “I don’t know. I know only what I did in three years — this I know. After that, the FAI decide.”