Euro 2012: Day 3: Rep. of Ireland v Croatia match thread

[DuDe]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18180105

EURO 2012: REPUBLIC OF IRELAND V CROATIA

• Venue: Municipal Stadium, Poznan
• Date: Sunday, 10 June
• Kick-off:19:45 BST

Coverage: ITV, BBC Radio 5 live, highlights on BBC One and BBC Sport website


Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given will play despite nursing a knee injury in recent weeks.

Coach Giovanni Trapattoni has confirmed his starting line-up will be as expected, with Kevin Doyle partnering captain Robbie Keane in attack.
Croatia's Vedran Corluka has been passed fit despite a fitness scare.
The defender complained of tightness in his hamstring during a training session on Thursday, but doctors cleared him to play after they reviewed a scan.

 

[Dougal]

COYBIG!

 

[tototoner]

Come On You Ireland

 

[Spurrific]

 

[Azazello]

 

[DuDe]

UK TV: http://tvguide.co.uk/detail.asp?id=125678607

 

[kazzah9]

 

[Gbspurs]

Who has xavi AND pirlo!!?

 

[DuDe]

Spitaly?

 

[Luka Van der Bale]

Norn Iron born and bred, but today the Irishman in me is shining through. COYBIG

 

[liam17oi]

"Flick your bean for the Boys in Green" was another cracking flag and also " Angela Merkel thinks we're at work"

Top stuff from the Irish. Hope they do Croatia.

 

[SlickMongoose]

Interviewer: "Would you say it's 50/50 today?"

Drunk Irish fan: "No, it's more like 90/10, definitely 100%"

Me:

 

[DuDe]

Getting into the Irish spirit:



SC Ladies? Please don't kill me.

 

[Misfit]

Good luck to our fellow North Atlantic archipelago brethren.

 

[tobi]

Croatia lineup: Pletikosa - Srna, Corluka, Schildenfeld, Strinic - Rakitic, Vukojevic, Modric, Perisic - Mandzukic, Jelavic

Attack minded line up.

 

[tototoner]

 

[DuDe]

I'm actually getting nervous for Ireland.

 

[tttcowan]

I've got Ireland at 100/1 to win the thing and Keane at 250/1 top goal scorer.... COME ON YOU IRISH!!!

 

[haxman]

Just can't get as enthusiastic about Ireland compared to 2002 and the earlier tournaments when we actually had an ok side.

That said this is the game we have to win because I don't see us getting anything from the other two games having just watched Spain and Italy.

 

[Montasura]

Norn Iron born and bred, but today the Irishman in me is shining through. COYBIG

Add me to that list. Couldn't have said it better myself! COYBIG!!!!!!!!