Town striker Daryl Murphy was an unused sub as the Republic of Ireland drew 1-1 with Sweden in their opening game at Euro 2016.

Wes Hoolahan put Ireland in front on 48 with the Swedes equalising via a Ciaran Clark own goal in the 71st minute.

Decent Championship game. https://t.co/6LguVnKtxW

— ITFC Sweden #itfc (@itfcsweden) June 13, 2016

Belgium face Italy in this evening’s other Group E game at 8pm. Ireland face the Belgians on Saturday and then the Italians a week on Wednesday.

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clint_eastwood added 03:59 - Jun 14 Should've brought him on for the aerial challenges instead of Robbie Keane.
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martyjg added 09:06 - Jun 14 I agree with you clint_eastwood, i thought robbie keane didnt do much at all when he came on, probably only touched the ball twice from what i saw. Murph would of done alot better with the aerial challenges and holding the ball up there especially with the height the swedes
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corfu72 added 11:30 - Jun 14 Would have been a dam swishy better than Keene.!!
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Fatcatevans added 19:45 - Jun 14 Or maybe O'Neill looked at their respective scoring records for their country and thought'' you know what, maybe Keane is more likely to nick a goal than that fella from Ipswich'
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rinkydinkpanther added 16:23 - Jun 15 Maybe he also looked at their respective 'talent' records.
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