Vera Pauw says Republic of Ireland should wait to find the extent of the harm that captain Katie McCabe suffered solely two weeks earlier than their opening World Cup recreation.
Arsenal participant McCabe rolled her ankle through the first half of the 3-0 Dublin defeat to France as Ireland acquired a painful World Cup send-off.
McCabe needed to be substituted after 29 minutes and Republic supervisor Pauw admitted they now should play a ready recreation ahead of their World Cup opener towards match hosts Australia on July 20.
“It’s an ankle injury, she rolled over, she stepped off the foot of the opponent and we can’t say anything now,” Pauw instructed RTE after Ireland have been picked aside after making a promising begin on the Tallaght Stadium.
“We’ll see the way it goes however hopefully it won’t be too unhealthy.
“Katie was improbable on the pitch and also you miss that. It positively modified the sport, we have been in management (till the harm).
“You can not blame the one coming on. Issy (Atkinson) did really well but Katie is extraordinary and of course you miss that immensely.”
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Ireland ought to have been ahead after 11 minutes when Kyra Carusa completed Sinead Farrelly’s flick on.
The aim was dominated out for offside regardless of tv replays exhibiting that Carusa had timed her run completely.
With no VAR to right the choice, France – ranked fifth on this planet and 17 locations increased than Ireland – made essentially the most of their success after McCabe had left the motion.
Maelle Lakrar and Eugenie Le Sommer struck in first-half stoppage time, and the previous sealed issues with a strong header simply after the hour mark.
Pauw mentioned: “We have been all so proud and it was such a disgrace in two minutes that we had particular person errors.
“That is why we play these video games, France is one of the candidates to turn out to be world champions.
“You might see the distinction in high quality and we all know that. We’re not there however it’s an excellent train.
“You learn from playing this level and from these little details that you have to be better.”
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