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Seamus Coleman warns Ireland team not to be ‘gung-ho with emotion’ against England

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Seamus Coleman has told his Ireland teammates to play with their heads rather than their hearts when they launch their new Nations League campaign against England on Saturday.

Clashes between the neighbours from either side of the Irish Sea always have an added edge given the two nations’ shared history and political differences, and the chance to get one over on the old enemy, as Ireland did at Euro ’88, is one generations of Republic players have relished.

However, 35-year-old Everton full-back Coleman knows too much emotion can be counter-productive and has urged his team-mates to be “smart” as they look for another famous victory.

He said: “You can most certainly tap into the emotional side of it, but I think that goes, to be honest with you, for any time you put on that green jersey for Ireland and I get those lads into a huddle beforehand. “You can tap into the emotional side of it all because it is about the historic game and England our rivals coming over.

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