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Ireland coach wants UEFA to keep team apart from Israel in the future

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Ireland coach Heimir Hallgrímsson wants UEFA to keep Ireland and Israel apart in future competitions after their contentious Nations League games. The teams drew 1-1 in Ireland’s “home” game in Backa Topola, Serbia on Sunday, a week after Ireland’s 3-0 win in Israel’s “home” game in Debrecen, Hungary. Build up to both matches was fraught with the Ireland players coming under huge pressure not to play either game because of Israel’s actions in Gaza. The enmity between the sides grew in the games.

A visibly drained Hallgrímsson told Ireland’s national broadcaster RTÉ afterward that he thinks UEFA should keep the sides apart in future.

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