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Fri 11 Nov 2009Brady hopes match officials will be strong
SOCCER WORLD CUP 2010 PLAY-OFF:WITH THE Irish management team still peeved about the way the draw for the World Cup play-offs was conducted, Liam Brady insists that the referees in Ireland’s two games against France will have to guard against any suggestion that they, too, are favouring the favourites.
“These are huge games,” he says, “and I have had experience of playing against the French in tournaments going back more than 20 years, but the one thing I hope we get this time is a good referee.
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