Trapattoni confident in Westwood

16 August 2012 12:05

Republic of Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni was satisfied with his team's performance as they recorded a 0-0 draw against Serbia on Wednesday.
The Italian took time to praise goalkeeper Keiren Westwood, who kept a clean sheet in his first match as the new Irish number one following Shay Given's retirement from international football."Westwood showed that we can trust him to be a long-term replacement," Trapattoni told reporters. "I am also happy with the rest of the team although it was clear we still lack fitness."We can take a lot of positives from this game because we were up

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