Greece: PonteSud – News Desk
Heimir Hallgrimsson will send his Republic of Ireland side into friendly battle with Senegal on Friday night with one eye on the forthcoming World Cup qualifying campaign.
The Icelander, who is eight games into the role and to date has enjoyed modest success, took up the reins targeting qualification for next summer’s finals, and now has just two matches left in which to finalise his plans.
Ireland may have slipped to 60th place in FIFA’s world rankings, but they will head into the Senegal game with four wins in eight outings under their new head coach.
While home and away defeats to England and Greece may not have come as a surprise, home and away wins over Finland and Bulgaria brought a more positive conclusion to the Nations League campaign, and Hallgrimsson’s team will run out at the Aviva Stadium with three victories in their last four matches.
