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O’Neill plots Ibrahimovic plan
- Updated: May 29, 2016
Martin O’Neill is already drawing up his plan to try to prevent Zlatan Ibrahimovic from wrecking the Republic of Ireland’s Euro 2016 finals campaign.
The Republic still have one warm-up match to play, Tuesday night’s friendly against Belarus in Cork, before they head for France and their opening Group E fixture against Sweden at the Stade de France on June 13.
Four years ago in Poland, Ireland were beaten 3-1 by Croatia in their first game and O’Neill admits Ibrahimovic – who is on the lookout for a new club after leaving Paris Saint Germain – has the potential to take them apart if they are not prepared.
He said: “He’s a very good player. Great players find ways of extricating themselves from situations if they are being tightly-marked, and Ibrahimovic comes into that category.
“He has been a very fine player for a long time, he has faced those sort of …
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