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Ireland Worl Cup 2014 Qualifying fixtures
The Football Association of Ireland today (November 1 announced that it has reached agreement on fixtures for UEFA qualification Group C for the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014.
In order to reach final agreement, the participating teams agreed to play one match, Faroe Islands v Austria in early June 2012. This proposal has been supported by UEFA.
Ireland's fixtures for the group were agreed at the headquarters of the DFB in Frankfurt as follows:
September 7, 2012
Kazakhstan v Republic of Ireland
October 12, 2012
Republic of Ireland v Germany
October 16, 2012
Faroe Islands v Republic of Ireland
March 22, 2013
Sweden v Republic of Ireland
March 26, 2013
Republic of Ireland v Austria
June 7, 2013
Republic of Ireland v Faroe Islands
September 6, 2013
Republic of Ireland v Sweden
September 10, 2013
Austria v Republic of Ireland
October 11, 2013
Germany v Republic of Ireland
October 15, 2013
Republic of Ireland v Kazakhstan
Welcoming the announcement, Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni said,
"This is a good fixture schedule for our team with a good balance to the matches. We finish the campaign at home and start with a single away match against Kazakhstan which was important given the long distances involved. I am also happy with the balance obtained in the double headers and the timing of what we would expect to be some of the key matches in the group."
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I'm not sure Traps words ring very true there. He said earlier he didn't want to play Germany too early and now we have them 2nd match, and worse 2nd last match away. Then the double headers are Sweden and Austria, 2 very tough games, when you woudl think it would be better to mix it up with a lighter game against the Faroe Islands. I think we better enjoy Euro 2012, because it will be savage tough to get 2nd place in this group.
Germany, as top seeds, would have first call on when their games will be played, then Sweden, then Ireland so on so forth.
So it's very unlikely that Ireland would get the fixtures against Germany or Sweden when they wanted them, unless they wanted to play Ireland at the same time that Ireland wanted to play them.
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Welcoming the announcement, Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni said,
"This is a good fixture schedule for our team with a good balance to the matches. We finish the campaign at home and start with a single away match against Kazakhstan which was important given the long distances involved. I am also happy with the balance obtained in the double headers and the timing of what we would expect to be some of the key matches in the group."
His English has really come on since Tuesday!!!!!!
No mention of mentaliteeeeeeeeeee or enthusiasmus?
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"Maybe if we were a cynical team somebody would have pulled your man down but I suppose that is not in our DNA." Jack O'Connor
Germany, as top seeds, would have first call on when their games will be played, then Sweden, then Ireland so on so forth.
So it's very unlikely that Ireland would get the fixtures against Germany or Sweden when they wanted them, unless they wanted to play Ireland at the same time that Ireland wanted to play them.
That's fair enough, but prefer if Trap called it like he must really feel and that's that this timetable isn't doing us very many favours.
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If we are too be positive we could have 7 points from first three games.
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"Hear the birds? Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm deaf and I try to imagine what it's like not to be able to hear them. It's not that bad."
Funnily enough, and eventhough Germany are on the rise again, we've never really feared Germany, and 2 draws would be ok. But Sweden and Austria are well capable of beating us and even an away trip to Kazahkstan as early as September, with the typical championship hangover, could be a dodgy tie.
Ireland Worl Cup 2014 Qualifying fixtures
announced that it has reached agreement on fixtures for UEFA qualification Group C for the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014.
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