It would be dangerous for Ireland to draw any firm conclusions from this bizarre friendly
Ireland's Chiedozie Ogbene celebrates scoring his side's third goal against Latvia. Photo: Reuters/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Daniel McDonnell
IT’S unlikely that the debrief of this friendly with Latvia will eat into the preparation time for the real business of this March double-header for Ireland.
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