Heimir Hallgrimsson wants Ireland to flip mentality and take fight to opposition

15.10.2024 - 09:41 breakingnews.ie

Heimir Hallgrimsson has joked he may ask Fifa if Ireland can play the second half of matches first after a challenging Nations League double-header.

Hallgrimsson’s side trailed 1-0 in Finland on Thursday before fighting back to win 2-1, and somehow managed to survive a first-half onslaught in Greece on Sunday before responding only to shoot themselves in the foot at the end.

The Icelander, who will now turn his attention to next month’s fixtures against Finland and England, admitted after the 2-0 defeat in Athens that his side only seemed to start playing as it could when they had nothing to lose.

Asked how he could remedy that, Hallgrimsson said with a smile: “That is now our task, and we said it to the players in the dressing room after the game.

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