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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Mark McCadden

Balls of steel - how one ex-Ireland star described the Euro 2016 win over Italy, six years ago today

It’s six years today since Robbie Brady put the ball in the Italian net.

Six years since the former Manchester United prospect sent the nation wild with delight, with a Euro 2016 goal on a sweltering night in Lille that earned the Boys in Green a spot in the last-16 of the competition.

Darren O’Dea was a member of the Ireland squad four years earlier in Poland, when Giovanni Trapattoni’s side bowed out with three defeats in three games.

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