Friday’s friendly between the Republic of Ireland and Colombia didn’t last long. Too much commitment and everyone went home.
While the France team faced Australia for its last preparation match for the 2023 World Cup (1-0 defeat), another friendly match took place this Friday with an opposition between the Republic of Ireland and Colombia. . But between these two teams, things didn’t really go as planned. Result: after barely twenty-three minutes of play in the first period, the referee indicated that the match was over.
The match was being played behind closed doors, and while the press was expected to be able to attend, Colombia requested that this not be the case. The kick-off was therefore given and the game went on until the famous twenty-third minute and a blow received by Denise O’Sullivan. The Irish midfielder, hit in the shin, had to be taken to hospital. As related by the Dailymailthe injured player’s teammates decided by mutual agreement to end the game.
“Too physical” match
For its part, the Irish Football Federation published a press release to confirm the thing. ” The match behind closed doors (…) ended after twenty minutes of play. The match which took place at Meakin Park, Brisbane, became too physical and it was decided, after consultation with match officials, to put end of the game. ” Same confirmation for the Colombian Federation which was content to indicate that the meeting had been stopped ” because the Irish national team (…) preferred not to continue playing when twenty-three minutes had elapsed in the first half“.
Republic of Ireland’s last warm up match before the #wwc2023 against Colombia abandoned due to it becoming overly physical. pic.twitter.com/y8HnPPFrbe
— Tom Hamilton (@tomhamiltonspn) July 14, 2023
Both nations will participate in the 2023 World Cup. Colombia will play their first match on July 25 against South Korea, while the Republic of Ireland will play Australia on July 20.
