'It's Been A Pretty Wierd World Cup..' Ireland Coach Ahead Of Pakistan Clash

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Ireland Coach Reflects On 'Wierd' World Cup

"We've been quite lucky. We played them a couple of weeks ago back home in Ireland. It's been a challenge from a preparation point of view. We haven't trained at all since we've been down in Florida the last week, so I mean, that is what it is. We've been having our unit meetings and our preparation meetings and just going over some of those plans that we've managed to execute pretty well back home and won the first game. We can piggyback on, that for a little longer period and hopefully, we can go well again tomorrow," Malan said in the pre-match press conference.

In their final group stage match, Ireland will face Pakistan at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground in Lauderhill, Florida on Sunday.

"It's been a pretty weird World Cup, as you say. Yeah, look, we've tried to keep the lads busy as much as we can, obviously doing our preparation and our analytics work in the background, and just keep them active physically. The boys are at the minute playing a bit of soccer and trying to just get the competitive juices flowing as well leading into tomorrow," Malan added.

Coach Malan mentioned that the team has not trained at all since arriving in Florida last week. He also noted that the management has made efforts to keep the team occupied.

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