'We went out and beat Italy 2-0, everyone hungover' - Shane Long reveals secret behind Ireland's shock win in 2011
Briefly

"Before the friendly one of the lads had a golf day on the Sunday, and obviously we had a good time at the golf day, all night and got back in early hours and then thrown onto a bus and over to (Belgium)... It just created that bond I suppose."
"On the Tuesday night we played Italy, an unbelievable team, we were 1-0 up at half-time and the captain came out and said 'right lads, let's finish this stag do off!'... We had no right to beat Italy but just having that night out together... that's the only reason we got a result that day."
Read at Irish Independent
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