As Vera Pauw and Louise Quinn wrapped up their media duties in the stand, the rest of the squad and backroom team waited on the sideline for training to begin.
It was the day before Ireland’s final Group A game against Slovakia.
A play-off place had already been secured, thanks to a one-goal victory over Finland a few days earlier, but something big was still riding on the outcome in Senec, half-an-hour outside Bratislava.
