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PostWysłany: Wto 5:02, 10 Wrz 2013    Temat postu: Keane gives Trapattoni first win

Giovanni Trapattoni savoured his first win as Republic of
Ireland manager as Robbie Keane's goal clinched a 1-0 friendly
victory over Colombia on Thursday.
Trapattoni's first game had ended in a draw against Serbia
on Saturday but Keane's deflected strike early in the first
half at Fulham's Craven Cottage was enough to get him off the
mark.
It was fitting that Irish captain Keane should be the player to
win it for Trapattoni because the Italian believes the Tottenham
forward can be his version of AS Roma icon Francesco Totti.
The serious business for Trapattoni starts next season when
Ireland start their World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and
Montenegro, but the veteran coach will be enouraged by this
result.
Colombia used the match as preparation for next month's FIFA
World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Ecuador and gave an
impressive display that only lacked a cutting edge.
A four-match unbeaten run has raised hopes that Jorge Luis
Pinto's side can reach the World Cup for the first time in 12
years and over 5,000 Colombians turned one end of Craven Cottage
into a vibrant swathe of yellow.
It took only three minutes for Keane to temporarily puncture
that optimism as Colombia were punished for squandering possession
just outside the penalty area.
Keane's shot deflected off Elvis Gonzalez and looped over
stranded goalkeeper Robinson Zapata, just crossing the line before
Christian Zapata could clear.
This may have been an end of season friendly but it was played
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that drifted wide of the far post.
Juan Carlos Escobar's surging run and shot brought Irish
goalkeeper Dean Kiely into action for the first time midway through
the half.
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Ruben Bustos's cross with a bullet header but the Irish keeper
produced a fine save.
Ireland were struggling to cope with Colombia's counter
attacks and Falcao Garcia was only denied an equaliser by Liam
Miller's goalline clearance.
Kiely was in superb form and he frustrated Colombia just before
half-time with a brilliant double stop. First he plunged to his
right to push away Garcia's shot, then he sprang to his feet
and kept out Edixon Perea's follow-up effort.
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but his team were on the back foot after the break.
Yet for all their neat approach work the closest Colombia came
to equalising was Perea's shot straight at Kiely after a
flowing move on the hour.
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