It could’ve been better.
The Republic of Ireland have been drawn alongside Sweden, Belgium and Italy in our Euro 2016 group.
Martin O’Neill’s side will play in Paris on June 13th against Zlatan Ibrahimovic and his pals, before travelling to Bordeaux to play Belgium, the world’s top ranked team.
Our group campaign will finish against Italy in Lile on June 22nd, where the side will hopefully confirm qualification for the knock-out stages.
It looks bad on paper, but it could’ve been worse. Spare a thought for Northern Ireland who drew Germany, Poland and Ukraine.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Ireland’s draw.
Meanwhile, a hard but great group for Belgium at #EURO2016 . The atmosphere in those games will be incredible. #Belgium
— Vincent Kompany (@VincentKompany) December 12, 2015
https://twitter.com/DavidMeyler7/status/675735780665479169
Tough group that. But sure we beat the Germans, we can beat anyone!! 💪🏼🍀😂 #Euro2016Draw #COYBIG
— Stephanie Zambra (@StephanieRoche9) December 12, 2015
Tough draw for us @FAIreland but still very excited about next summer, bring it on 🇨🇮 pic.twitter.com/AIhVV7JaG6
— Shay Given (@No1shaygiven) December 12, 2015
IRELAND, BELGIUM, SWEDEN AND ITALY #Euro2016Draw 😛😛😂 https://t.co/iA7KXIy1Dq pic.twitter.com/oeVBNe1Jml
— iRadio (@ThisisiRadio) December 12, 2015
https://twitter.com/ericlalor/status/675735277252538372
Tough group, but no matter what, we can do no fucking worse than we did last time. I'm feeling positive. Onwards to France! #Euro2016Draw
— Niall McGarry (@MrNiallMcGarry) December 12, 2015
Italy not as good as they were, Sweden, beatable, Belgium good, but all Premier League players, so we'll know them well.5 points achievable
— Niall McGarry (@MrNiallMcGarry) December 12, 2015
https://twitter.com/Jameswiddo/status/675739070216163328
https://twitter.com/JX2001/status/675738902364311556
https://twitter.com/gmulssw/status/675738698122661893
https://twitter.com/FootballFunnys/status/675737819868975104
Group E: Belgium Italy Rep of Ireland Sweden The group of poor health!
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) December 12, 2015
Well there's one positive about our group #coybig pic.twitter.com/ir5XAg548U
— Mark O'Toole (@M_OToole) December 12, 2015
The Irish fans right now be like #Euro2016Draw pic.twitter.com/69sD7uhI7X
— DenzelNwa™ (@DenzelNwa) December 12, 2015
https://twitter.com/EmpororOfZhiang/status/675749350052651008
On paper tough draw but gives us a good chance,after all we did beat Germany and that belief is still fresh in the minds
— stephen hunt (@stephenhunt1010) December 12, 2015
