Republic of Ireland's Coleman over Belgium nightmare
By Press Association
Seamus Coleman has put the Republic of Ireland's Euro 2016 nightmare at the hands of Belgium firmly behind him as he targets salvation against Italy.
Ireland were torn apart in the second half of Saturday's clash with the Belgians in Bordeaux as Marc Wilmots' star-studded side cut loose after the break and coasted to a 3-0 victory.
However, Coleman insists that will be ancient history when Ireland run out at the Stade Pierre Mauroy in Lille on Wednesday night needing to beat the Italians to extend their stay at the tournament.
> > We were massively disappointed after the Belgium game. We lost 3\-0 and something we pride ourselves on is how compact we are and they broke away on us a few times. > > > "But as soon as that game was over, me personally \- we were beaten, there was nothing we could have done about it \- I knew we had a big task ahead. > > > "We had to forget about it as quickly as possible, obviously go over things that we did wrong, but we had too big a job to dwell on it and there's no better way to fix it than play a game of football tomorrow against Italy. > >