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The Republic of Ireland’s press conference on Saturday on the eve of their second Nations League match against Israel in Serbia was cut short as head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson fielded questions from Israeli journalists.
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Hallgrimsson → cut → journalists
Ireland beat Israel 3-0 in Hungary in their first match on Tuesday following a turbulent build-up in which the Irish squad voted to fulfil the fixture despite unease amongst the team over the war in Gaza.
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squad → beat → Gaza
During that match the Irish players wore armbands and pointedly lowered their heads while the Israeli national anthem played.
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anthem → wear → heads
With the return leg taking place on Sunday in Backa Topola after the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) refused to host the match at home for security reasons, it was the Ireland manager’s pre-match press conference that gave rise to new tensions.
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that → take → tensions
One journalist questioned Hallgrimsson on his thoughts about the incident on Wednesday during a Flydubai flight from the UAE to Israel, which Emirati judicial authorities and Israeli officials have described as a “terrorist act”.
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authorities → question → act
“What do you say about the people that you support?
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Their ideology is based on murder,” one journalist asked.
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journalist → base → murder
“Just this week, one of them tried to kill 170 Israeli passengers, including 27 innocent children and thousands of others.”
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one → try → others
An Irish press officer replied: “We are not doing any questions like this today.
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We are doing football questions.”
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We → do → questions
Another journalist then addressed the Ireland manager: “Your players call our players monkeys during the match…”, only to be immediately interrupted by an FAI official repeatedly insisting “that is completely untrue,” while the microphone was taken away from the reporter in question.
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microphone → address → question
“Don’t touch me, don’t touch me,” the journalist exclaimed, as the Irish delegation brought the press conference to an abrupt end.
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delegation → touch → end
‘A lot of emotions’
Israeli authorities have condemned the actions taken by the Irish team, with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar accusing Dublin of being on “the wrong side of history.”
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“Surviving this, coming out of it together as one would be a massive win for me.
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That is coming from my heart,” Hallgrimsson told journalists.
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Hallgrimsson → come → journalists
“All the challenges that this team has gone through, all the criticism.
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“Just surviving as a group after this game, that would be a big win for me and for this group, for the association.
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that → survive → association
“There’s been a lot of emotions from the people in Ireland about this, and obviously that affects the players as well.
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that → affect → players
“We want to do good, but it’s always going to be a challenge when the environment is as noisy as it is.
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it → want → good
So we try to focus on the football side, and we’ve done a lot of things to help in that area.
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“One change that we’ve done in the last games is before we go onto the pitch, we do a little prayer and a huddle with the players and all the staff, just to cool our heads before we go onto the pitch.
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we → do → pitch
“Conor Coventry has taken that part, so he is now called Brother Coventry in the squad.
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he → take → squad
But it’s really good when you go into a high-intensity and big-pressure game like we’ve been doing, to start the game with cool heads.”
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we → ’ → heads
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