Luxembourg boss misreads Ireland with 'British football' assessment

Stephen Kenny has prided himself on a more possession-based approach to the team

MISREAD: Luxembourg Manager Luc Holtz puts Ireland improvement down to a reversion to the traditional components of “British football”.

Rather than lathering Stephen Kenny with praise for revolutionising Ireland’s style, Luxembourg boss Luc Holtz has strangely put his counterpart’s revival of results down to a reversion to the traditional components of “British football”.

It was a strange remark for the home boss to make ahead of tomorrow’s final qualifier at the sold-out 9,300 capacity national stadium and might be construed as some pre-game mischief.