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Marco Tardelli has named a 25-man Republic of Ireland squad that contains no surprises
Friday, 20 August 2010
Republic of Ireland assistant manager Marco Tardelli has announced a 25-man squad who will take on Armenia away and Andorra at home in the opening Group B European Championship qualifiers.
Marco Tardelli said: 'We go into this double header of qualifiers well prepared and confident having held a successful training camp in May and played a number of competitive and challenging friendly matches over the summer.
'Playing Armenia in Yerevan will be a tough test for the team, but when we return to play our first competitive home game four days later, we hope to go to Aviva stadium having made a positive start to the campaign. '
Republic of Ireland will play Armenia away on 3 September, kick-off 8pm local time and Andorra at home on 7 September, kick-off 7.45pm.
Republic of Ireland squad to face Armenia and Andorra:
Goalkeepers
Shay Given, Keiren Westwood, Joe Murphy.
Defenders
John O'Shea, Richard Dunne, Sean St Ledger, Greg Cunningham, Kevin Foley, Stephen Kelly, Paul McShane , Darren O'Dea, Kevin Kilbane.
Midfielders
Glenn Whelan, Darron Gibson, Paul Green, Liam Lawrence, Aiden McGeady, Andy Keogh, Damien Duff, Keith Fahey, Keith Treacy.
Forwards
Robbie Keane, Kevin Doyle, Shane Long.
