Shane Long: ‘I’m well used to getting battered’

There is no limp as Shane Long walks into the Complexe Sportif Montbauron.

The skin on his face, neck, arms and legs is seemingly unblemished by bruising and the last dregs of fatigue from 90 punishing minutes in Lille and the madness that surrounded it have all but drained from his system.

It’s amazing, frankly.