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Pauw hopeful over McCabe's ankle injury

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Republic of Ireland manager Vera Pauw says it is an anxious wait to find out the extent of Katie McCabe's ankle injury, but is hopeful her World Cup isn’t in doubt.The Girls in Green signed off ahead of the tournament with a 3-0 home defeat to a French side ranked fifth in the world, where an impressive first-half display was undone by two injury-time goals before the French put the game beyond doubt in the 60th minute with full-back Maelle Lakrar claiming her second goal of the game.The main concern however will be the injury picked up by captain McCabe who was forced off on the half hour mark after rolling her ankle.The Arsenal player received medical treatment in the 12th minute, but continued on for a short while before being replaced by Izzy Atkinson.The incident that led to Katie McCabe receiving attention early in the game before being substituted after half an hour

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