Rueful McClean still haunted by the one that got away

If James McClean could replay November’s World Cup game against Demark which ended in such crushing disappointment for Ireland, there’s one thing he’d do differently.

“If I was to do it all again, I would have scored at 1-0 when I had the chance and put it wide,” he says, referring to the incident in the 22nd minute when he got in behind the Danish rearguard on the left but pulled his shot the wrong side of the far post.

“They’re the little things you look back on. It would have been 2-0, maybe game over. That goes through your mind a lot.”