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The Republic of Ireland will play their Nations League fixture against Israel on Sunday after a vote within the squad on whether to fulfil the fixture, Football Association of Ireland (FAI) CEO David Courell said on Saturday.
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Courell → play → Saturday
Ireland had postponed their pre-match news conference ahead of the game in Hungary, and their training session was also delayed.
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session → postpone → Hungary
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City → face → charges
This was to allow further talks to continue between Irish players, coaching staff and executives, after one player announced their intention to withdraw from the squad.
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player → allow → squad
“This morning, a player expressed their discomfort with fulfilling this fixture to the head coach and indicated their intent to withdraw from the squad,” Courell told reporters.
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Courell → express → reporters
“Ultimately, within the last maybe 90 minutes, we carried out a vote amongst the squad to establish their sentiment on fulfilling the fixtures, and it was a significant majority that was returned with the intention to continue.
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that → carry → intention
“So based on that, the association took the decision on behalf of Irish football that this fixture would continue, as we have always intended to fulfil the fixtures.”
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we → base → fixtures
Ireland were due to hold the news conference on Saturday but shortly before the scheduled start at 10:15am local time (08:15 GMT), reporters were informed that this would now take place following the team’s training session at the stadium in Debrecen.
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this → hold → Debrecen
That was due to commence at 11am local time, but more than three hours later, the Ireland team were still inside their hotel.
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team → commence → hotel
Ahead of Ireland’s opening Group B3 game away to Kosovo, which they lost 1-0, captain Dara O’Shea told reporters that the players would meet on Friday to discuss a plan of action for the game against Israel.
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players → open → Israel
FAI members voted in November for its board to request that UEFA suspend Israel from European competitions, but a motion in favour of proceeding with the fixtures was passed at an FAI EGM in July.
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motion → vote → July
All of Israel’s home games are scheduled to take place in Debrecen, and Ireland moved their home fixture, set for October 4, to Serbia.
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Ireland → schedule → Serbia
That game will be played behind closed doors.
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game → play → doors
Tensions increased further when Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson used the word “genocide” in a media conference last weekend.
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Hallgrimsson → increase → conference
The Israeli FA responded by calling his remarks stupid, ignorant and hypocritical.
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FA → respond → remarks
Israel’s war on Gaza has been described as genocide by United Nations experts and rights organisations, an allegation Israel strongly rejects.
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Israel → describe → experts
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