Belgian blues still linger with wary Shane Long
The Italians exhibited nothing like the class of Belgium and the Ireland striker believes France’s fluid style is a warning to his squad the degree of slackness evident in Bordeaux will be capitalised upon were it to seep in again at the weekend.
“We played well in two of our three games because it just didn’t click for us against Belgium,” Long said of the 3-0 reverse suffered last Saturday. “Like Belgium, France have the players to punish us, so we need to learn from that defeat by playing as a unit.”
