In light of every favorable bounce and decision that Ireland has gotten since touching down in Moscow back in early September - and there have been quite a few - it's worth noting that luck hasn't not followed Giovanni Trapattoni throughout his management career. It's amazing that he's still in football following the calamity of Italy's run at the 2002 World Cup. We all remember Paris in 2009.
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So if karma has offered Trapattoni a bit of consolation late in life, we should remember luck is not the entitled condition of our manager, nor should we expect any of it Poland or the Ukraine.