Trapattoni wants more friendly fire

Giovanni Trapattoni challenged his Republic of Ireland players to take their impressive form into their remaining Euro 2012 qualifiers after seeing them claim a famous victory over Italy.

A 2-0 win over Trapattoni’s native country in Liege last night was the Republic’s fourth in a row following the Carling Nations Cup successes over Northern Ireland and Scotland and Saturday’s defeat of Macedonia in Skopje.