
Stephen Kenny happy with win but admits Malta clash ‘not a classic’
The IndependentSign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. We’re pleased that we got a clean sheet and there were some good aspects to it, but we’ve played a lot better and lost, if you know what I mean.” Malta, ranked 168th by FIFA, welcomed Ireland having won three of their last five games – against San Marino, Kuwait and Israel – and drawn with Greece, one of the Republic’s Euro 2024 group rivals, on Thursday evening. Keeper Caoimhin Kelleher had to save from Jodi Jones before the break and Steven Pisani after it, but chances were few and far between for the visitors too until Robinson intercepted Matthew Guillaumier’s weak back-pass and rounded keeper Henry Bonello to secure an eighth win in eight attempts against the Maltese, with substitute Callum O’Dowda denied a second by a post late on. “It’s probably better with Callum playing deeper and Michael threatening the last line as a central striker all of the time.
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