Ireland vs Israel Nations League match will go ahead, coach confirms

Al Jazeera reports: The Football Association of Ireland says the team will fulfil the second fixture despite public opposition. Ireland coach Heimir Hallgrimsson says his team will play their second Nations League football match against Israel on Sunday despite opposition from the Irish public and a public boycott by a player due to Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. “The FAI [Football Association of Ireland] has said we are playing both games,” Hallgrimsson told a news conference in Dublin on Wednesday. “That was our intention when we came into the camp, and it is still our intention,” the Icelandic coach added. “We are trying to focus on the football.

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