FOOTBALL DAILY: Ward names WCQ squad, Mourinho locks horns with Madrid once again and Ireland youngster to make the move to Norwich
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Off the Ball's Football Daily. Hello and welcome to Tuesday's Football Daily. I'm Phil Egan. Coming up today, Carla Ward names her Ireland squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers. We look ahead to tonight's Champions League action as Jose Mourinho's Benfica lock horns with Real Madrid once again. Keith Andrews' Brentford avoid an FA Cup upset and Frank Lampard's Coventry record a big win over fellow promotion chasers Middlesbrough. But first today, Carla Ward has named her squad for the World Cup qualifiers that come to France and away to the Netherlands next month. The Ireland boss has selected a squad of 23 players. Courtney Brosnan, Megan Connolly and Leanne Kernan are all back after they missed the Nations League playoff win over Belgium last October due to injury.
Heather Payne misses out despite returning to action with Leicester last weekend after recovering from an Achilles problem. Ireland's first game of the campaign is against France at Tala Stadium on the 3rd of March. Four days after that then it's an away match against the Netherlands. Carlo Ward spoke to the media in Abbottstown earlier on.
Let's be really honest, if France and Netherlands is a World Cup final, we're all thinking it's a very good final, aren't we? Because they're going to be two teams that, in my opinion, are favourites going into, you would imagine that they bake the World Cup. I think that you'd imagine both of them to be at the latter stages, if not trying to win it. We're under no illusion. Let's be really honest, we're the underdogs. It's an Irish mentality that the nation loves. We thrive off that. Playing against the very, very best, competing against the very best, I think it puts us in a position to see where we are and challenge.
What squad did Carla Ward name for the World Cup qualifiers?
I've been at clubs and now here where we have to get the one percenters everywhere because we are coming up against some really strong composition. We'll relish that and we'll look forward to it.
Real Madrid and PSG are both in action tonight in the Champions League play-off round. Just 19 days after Anthony Truman's 98th minute header sent Benfica into the play-off round and goal difference at the expense of Marseille, the two-time European champions meet Real again in Lisbon.
What are the key details of the Champions League match between Benfica and Real Madrid?
Benfica finished 24th to take the last place for the play-off round. Madrid finished in 9th, one place and one point outside the automatic qualification spots for the last 16 minutes. Alvaro Arbeloa will have to do without Rodrigo and Jude Bellingham due to injury and suspension. There's an all-French clash in Monaco this evening. The team from the Principality take on holders PSG who won 10-0 over two legs against another French side Brest in the playoff round last season before they went on to win the trophy. Borussia Dortmund take on Atalanta in their play-off tie in Germany tonight.
How did Brentford avoid an FA Cup upset against Macclesfield?
Dortmund have just one win from their last seven Champions League games against Italian sides. They've drawn three and lost three. All those games I mentioned kick off at 8 o'clock. First up at 5.45, Galatasaray are at home to Juventus. Luciano Spalletti's Juve side were controversially beaten by rivals Inter at the San Siro over the weekend. Troy Parrott scored another goal for Azed Alkmaar last Saturday, his 12th league goal of the season. It came away to his former club Excelsior in injury time and Azed went on to score a few minutes later to move back into the top six in the Eredivisie. Former Ireland international Kevin Colban joined Owen Sheehan on the football show last night and like every other football fan from Ireland at the moment, he says he's keeping a close eye on Parrott's exploits.
I'd be like you.
What are the implications of Ireland's World Cup qualifiers against France and the Netherlands?
I'm taking it all in, whether I'm on Twitter or whether I'm on Instagram and I'm seeing a Troy Parrott goal or a Troy Parrott assist.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:58
2
What squad did Carla Ward name for the World Cup qualifiers?
1:58–2:26
3
What are the key details of the Champions League match between Benfica and Real Madrid?
2:26–3:00
4
How did Brentford avoid an FA Cup upset against Macclesfield?
3:00–3:46
5
What are the implications of Ireland's World Cup qualifiers against France and the Netherlands?
3:46–11:20
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What can we expect from the Champions League playoff matches tonight?
11:20–16:08
7
How is Troy Parrott performing in the Eredivisie?
16:08–16:45
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