Rep of Ireland vs Algeria live stream may 28,2010.Rep of Ireland vs Algeria live stream may 28,2010.Rep of Ireland vs Algeria live stream may 28,2010.
Republic Of Ireland vs Algeria Match Preview
n the first of their only two friendly matches aimed to prepare for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Algeria will play the Republic of Ireland. The game will be staged at the Royal Dublin Society Arena and is scheduled to kick off at 18:45 GMT.
Algeria's national football team players in training ahead of their friendly match against the Republic of Ireland.With their minds firmly set on kicking off their World Cup campaign in style through a great start against Slovenia on June 13, the Algerians may not be at full strength on Friday evening. Their intentions, like any other World Cup participant at the moment, is to warm-up and test their strengths and weaknesses as the team’s coaching staff are yet to make any final decision concerning tactics, and squad choices.
Playing against the Republic of Ireland should benefit the Desert Foxes, then. Giovanni Trapattoni’s men are seriously looking to overcome the huge disappointment they suffered late last year when France controversially disqualified them from the finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The Irish will have to battle it out against top emerging sides Russia and Slovakia during the 2012 European Championship qualification campaign which will commence later this summer.
Therefore, they are willing to take full advantage of each and every friendly encounter in which they feature. Ironically, this match against Algeria is the Republic of Ireland’s last opportunity to ready ahead their first European Championship qualifier which will be against Andorra in September. Algeria will resume preparations against the UAE next week.Republic of Ireland vs Algeria Live Streaming, Republic of Ireland vs Algeria live online, Republic of Ireland vs Algeria live broadcast, Republic of Ireland vs Algeria sopcast streaming, Republic of Ireland vs Algeria live video streaming, Republic of Ireland vs Algeria.Skipper Robbie Keane has ordered the Republic of Ireland to ditch their inferiority complex and believe they are good enough to compete with the best.
Ireland only just missed out on a place at this summer's World Cup finals as a cruel combination of factors denied them a trip to South Africa.
However, the confidence they have gained in a little more than two years under veteran Italian manager Giovanni Trapattoni saw them draw home and away with reigning champions Italy in their qualifying group and then only just lose out to France in the play-offs due to a hotly-disputed goal.
Instead of heading off to the summer jamboree, Ireland will continue their preparations for the Euro 2012 qualifiers, which start in September, against Algeria at the RDS on Friday night and Keane insists they have already proved they need not doubt their own ability.
He said: "If you look at the teams we have been playing against - France, Italy, Bulgaria - you couldn't watch any of those games and say they were better than we were.
"Mentally as a nation, we need to get that we are as good as everyone else.
"Everyone sees Ireland and says, 'they are not as good as France and Italy', but we have proved that we are, and if the players go into games believing we are as good as any team we play against, we have got a chance."
Trapattoni's critics accused him of adopting a negative approach in the World Cup qualifiers, and while their points return was more than creditable, every game in which they were involved was tight, sometimes agonisingly so.
However, while Keane admits a few comfortable victories would be nice, they are unlikely to be handed many of those on a plate.
He said: "You don't want to be scraping through games and biting your fingernails in the last few minutes, but you are playing against good teams and good players have the ability to do something special, so you have to be aware.
"We know with France, they have the ability to handball and put someone in - we don't have that.
"It's one of those things, but we will just move on now to the next campaign.
"We will look forward to a good game tomorrow and hopefully we can finish with a good win and look forward now to the next campaign."
Despite the heartbreaking failure to make it to South Africa, Trapattoni has pronounced himself satisfied with his first two years at the helm and brushed aside speculation that he could be the man to replace Jose Mourinho at Inter Milan.
He said: "I am satisfied with this team. We still have room to improve and grow with this team.
"We are a good team. I see many international games, but our discipline, our mentality, our attitude is very, very important, and we also have players with quality.
"We have played Italy, France, Brazil, Paraguay and now Algeria in the last six months and we can think we also have a strong team.
"We cannot be arrogant, but we have to be aware we are a strong team as well."
Trapattoni will hand a senior debut to 19-year-old Manchester City full-back Greg Cunningham, while Derby midfielder Paul Green, who appeared as a substitute in the 2-1 win over Paraguay on Tuesday evening, will make his first start.
Both men impressed during last week's training camp in Malahide and were retained when the senior players joined up on Sunday.
Trapattoni said of Cunningham: "He is not afraid on the ball and he has personality. He can pass the ball immediately as well as hold on to it when he needs to, and that is very, very important."
The game will bring an end to Ireland's international season, and Trapattoni will watch the World Cup from afar.
But asked how his compatriot Fabio Capello and his England team might fare, he said: "England, Germany, Spain, Argentina and Brazil, they will be teams who have the possibility to make the semi-finals.
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