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Republic of Ireland national football team
International Friendlies
Mar 5, 2014 at 7.45pm UK
 
Serbia national football team

1-2

Long (8')
FT(HT: 1-0)
McCarthy (48' og.), Djordjevic (60')

Martin O'Neill pleased with performance despite defeat

Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill admits that he is pleased with his side following the 2-1 defeat to Serbia on Wednesday.

Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill has claimed that he was pleased with his side's performance in the 2-1 defeat to Serbia.

Shane Long had handed Ireland an early lead and despite seeing his side concede two goals on their way to a loss, O'Neill refused to talk negatively about his players after the final whistle.

"I was pleased with a lot of aspects of the game," O'Neill told Sky Sports News. "We started off very, very brightly and we had a goal disallowed. Then we got a really good goal.

"We could have made it 2-0 and at this level, that would have been big for us.

"We probably started a little hesitantly in the second half but we had good moments in the game against very decent opposition. There was lots that I was very pleased with."

Ireland return to action on May 25 against Turkey.

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Shane Long of Ireland celebrates scoring a goal during the International Friendly match between Republic of Ireland and Latvia at Aviva Stadium on November 15, 2013
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