Everton defender and Republic of Ireland captain Séamus Coleman didn’t hide his frustrations after Ireland drew 0-0 with Northern Ireland in an international friendly earlier today.
Speaking after the game, Coleman admitted his side weren’t good enough on the night, and that they need to do better. As quoted by the Irish Examiner, Coleman said:
Look, we are all disappointed and we can all do all the talking we want in there (dressing room) and we want before the game.
The only place we can be better is out on that pitch and tonight for 90 minutes we weren’t good enough. We weren’t good enough on the ball, making angles for each other or creating chances. That’s the honest truth and our keeper was man of the match which says it all.
As professional footballers, as Irish men, we need to be better.
As individuals and as players we all need to be better out on the pitch. We all need to analyse the game and go home and look in the mirror, asking “did you get on the ball?”
