Ireland boss admits key player is a huge doubt ahead of Sweden clash

Eileen Gleeson will be forced to make a late fitness call on one of her star players on Friday night when Ireland take on Sweden in their European qualification campaign.The Cork native appeared to catch her studs in the turf during North Carolina Courage’s 1-0 defeat to Kansas City Current on May 12.READ MORE:Euro giants battle for Cork City and Ireland prospect as Leesiders boss makes admission

“We’re aware, we knew we would be , we knew there was an injury before she came in. We’re in the same position we were before we came into the camp with Denise.”“Obviously she came in a bit later as we’d said, yes she’s in good form, she’s been sleeping, resting, she trained yesterday,” said Gleeson.

There is plenty of good news for Gleeson ahead of the back-to-back games against Sweden - in the Aviva Stadium on Friday and Stockholm next Tuesday. “We’re a smaller nation with a smaller pool to choose from. Sometimes you’ve to make decisions where you bring players in that are training well but they’re not getting games.

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