Israel-Ireland match to go ahead in Nations League after player vote
Ireland have delayed their pre-match media briefing and training as pressure grew, but player vote avoids game boycott.
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.
Ireland had postponed their pre-match news conference ahead of the game in Hungary, and their training session was also delayed.
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.
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.