'We were second best by far' - Hallgrimsson laments Ireland's lack of confidence in England defeat
Heimir Hallgrimsson believes poor decision-making and lack of collective effort proved costly in the 2-0 loss
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00:00We have to admit that we were second best in this game by far.
00:05Good game from England and starting with just congratulating them with a good performance.
00:10First and foremost, I think it's confidence in decision making, initiative.
00:17That was the big difference between the teams.
00:20I know the individual quality, we can talk about that,
00:23but when you are defending in a collective way,
00:27you need to take decisions, you need to believe in action and reaction.
00:32All their passes, all their movements,
00:34all their decisions were taken in the belief that it would be successful.
00:38I felt like us were always hesitating,
00:42especially for me looking at the defensive,
00:46jumping, pressing, etc.
00:48It was more individual actions instead of a collective.
00:52It was the lack of confidence to take the decision to do things.
00:58For me, that's the biggest difference.