WARM-UP MATCH IS NOT VERY FRIENDLY
Irish Daily Mirror|July 15, 2023
Ireland women's match is axed after 20 minutes
MARK McCADDEN and NICOLA DONNELLY
WARM-UP MATCH IS NOT VERY FRIENDLY

IRELAND’S football “friendly” with Colombia was abandoned yesterday after an ill-tempered 20 minutes ended with one of our players being rushed to hospital. 

Ace Denise O’Sullivan was stretchered off with a nasty shin injury just days before our World Cup opener.

It proved to be the final straw for the Republic of Ireland who had been subjected to physical challenges from a feisty Colombia side.

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