Ireland's Amber Barrett - We have to make chances count against Sweden 

Amber Barrett says the Republic of Ireland have to make their chances count when they fall as they prepare for Tuesday’s Euro return clash against Sweden.

The Girls in Green suffered a third Euro 2025 qualifier loss in a row at the weekend as the 1-0 and 2-0 defeats to France and England in April were followed by a bigger reverse again to Sweden.

Ahead of Tuesday night’s return clash at the Friends Arena, Barrett admits Ireland needs to be much more clinical in front of goal when chances arise.  

"The chances we had in the first half, we need to be taking them," said Barrett.

"I know myself, the chances I missed, you don’t get five, six, seven, eight chances against top teams, you might only get two or three and we need to do better.

"I have to improve on being able to deal with defenders with my backside, being able to hold them off, but again that comes with time and experience.

"They didn’t have that many chances through the game but the ones they had they put away. It’s something we need to learn on, something we all need to get better at.

"From a striker’s point of view, it would be more worrying if the team wasn’t creating chances. We’re creating chances and just not putting the finishing touches on them. Every game we’ve had a few chances to score."

There is live coverage of the game from 5pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player.