{"id":436343,"date":"2011-06-05T18:16:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-05T18:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/05\/john-oshea-robbie-keane-will-set-a-goalscoring-target-for-republic-of-ireland-that-will-never-be-matched\/"},"modified":"2011-06-05T18:16:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-05T18:16:00","slug":"john-oshea-robbie-keane-will-set-a-goalscoring-target-for-republic-of-ireland-that-will-never-be-matched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/05\/john-oshea-robbie-keane-will-set-a-goalscoring-target-for-republic-of-ireland-that-will-never-be-matched\/","title":{"rendered":"John O&#8217;Shea: Robbie Keane will set a goalscoring target for Republic of Ireland that will never be matched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Laurie Bonne<\/h3>\n<h4>5 Jun 2011 19:16:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"65.4611005693\">\n<div readability=\"22.4074074074\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Home Nation cup : Robbie Keane, Republic of Ireland v Northern Ireland\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/132500\/132519_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Home Nation cup : Robbie Keane, Republic of Ireland v Northern Ireland<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"26.6739130435\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/ireland\/429\/ireland\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a> defender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/ireland\/1943\/john-oshea\/national\">John O\u2019Shea<\/a> is convinced that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/ireland\/2120\/robbie-keane\/national\">Robbie Keane<\/a>\u2019s goalscoring record for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/ireland\/429\/ireland\">Republic of Ireland<\/a> will never be outdone.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old found the back of the net twice in Republic of Ireland\u2019s 2-0 win against Macedonia on Saturday to bring his international goals tally to 51.<\/p>\n<p>International team-mate O\u2019Shea is adamant that whatever record Keane ends up setting will never be equalled, especially as the Tottenham forward still has a few years left to play.<\/p>\n<p>He told <em>Sky Sports News<\/em>: &#8220;He&#8217;s been an amazing striker for Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He going to set a target that I don&#8217;t think anyone will ever reach and he&#8217;s got plenty more years left in him yet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ireland\u2019s win keeps their chances for an automatic qualification for the 2012 European Championship alive as they share top spot in Group B with Slovakia and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With the break in between the next two games, if we had lost or drawn last night it would have been a huge dampener,&#8221; O&#8217;Shea added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now we have a couple of months to enjoy this result and look forward to the next two games &#8211; Slovakia at home and Russia away.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;ll tell us whether we have a chance of winning the group and qualifying automatically.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we can beat Slovakia at home we&#8217;ll go to Russia with a lot of confidence and then you never know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/3284\/euro-2012\/2011\/06\/05\/2519147\/john-oshea-robbie-keane-will-set-a-goalscoring-target-for\" title=\"John O'Shea: Robbie Keane will set a goalscoring target for Republic of Ireland that will never be matched\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John O&#8217;Shea: Robbie Keane will set a goalscoring target for Republic of Ireland that will never be matched<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Laurie Bonne 5 Jun 2011 19:16:00 Home Nation cup : Robbie Keane, Republic of Ireland v Northern Ireland Related Links Teams Players Manchester United defender John O\u2019Shea is convinced that Robbie Keane \u2019s goalscoring record for the Republic of Ireland will never be outdone. The 30-year-old found the back of the net twice in Republic of Ireland\u2019s 2-0 win against Macedonia on Saturday to bring his international goals tally to 51. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":436344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-436343","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>John O&#039;Shea: Robbie Keane will set a goalscoring target for Republic of Ireland that will never be matched - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/05\/john-oshea-robbie-keane-will-set-a-goalscoring-target-for-republic-of-ireland-that-will-never-be-matched\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"John O&#039;Shea: Robbie Keane will set a goalscoring target for Republic of Ireland that will never be matched - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Laurie Bonne 5 Jun 2011 19:16:00 Home Nation cup : Robbie Keane, Republic of Ireland v Northern Ireland Related Links Teams Players Manchester United defender John O\u2019Shea is convinced that Robbie Keane \u2019s goalscoring record for the Republic of Ireland will never be outdone. 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