Republic of Ireland players to wear black armbands after agreeing to play Israel - 半岛·体育

• ‘Majority’ of players vote for matches to go ahead

• One player withdraws from squad citing ‘discomfort’

The Republic of Ireland will fulfil their fixture against Israel in Hungary on Sunday night, but only after lengthy deliberations between the players resulted in a “significant majority” voting to play.

After a week in which the Irish team and officials have come under increasing domestic pressure to boycott the match due to Israel’s military actions in Gaza, training was delayed by five hours on Saturday while the squad discussed whether to go ahead.

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