Platini: Bring on the Irish

The Republic of Ireland were paired with France in the rehearsals for tomorrow’s Euro 2012 draw – and UEFA president Michel Platini admitted he would love it if the same thing happened again for real.

Sat, 06 Feb, 2010 - 18:11

It would be an understatement to claim the Irish are nursing a sense of grievance at the events of a couple of months ago.

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