Irish supporters were delighted to pull Estonia out of the hat for the Euro 2012 play-offs, but it seems as if their fans were equally as thrilled.
That’s according to our friends at Estonian newspaper Postimees, who gave us a mention on their website yesterday after we put together an article which put forward the theory that meeting Estonia would be a welcome prospect because of their relatively cheap prices, hopping nightlife, fine women and mediocre football team.
After the draw was made, we logged on to Postimees to gauge the reaction to the draw and predictably enough, Estonian supporters were more than happy at the prospect of facing us next month.
The comments below appeared under a story with the rather unimaginative headline ‘Estonian national football team were drawn against Ireland’. Bear in mind that the comments were originally written in Estonian and have been given the Google Translate treatment, so take them with a pinch of salt.
“Statistics statistics, Ireland is a football state. They do not have a football tradition. Most Irish people are not interested in football but they play some of their Irish football, which is a strange mixture of soccer and rugby.
“Individual level is often much different from the Irish in Northern Irish, in the sense that they do not know anything about Estonia – while they will definitely cause flooding, and a hat to get beat.”
Accept Meixiga
“We can fight in Ireland.”
A2
“Almost at the final tournament already!”
Estonia
“Ireland is still a bit of a tree against the other in Northern Ireland. But this is not a bad story, and the company of comparison such as Portugal or Italy is quite playable against our opponent.
“Initially, we have reason to be satisfied with drawing lots, and the Irish. November can come here for cheap beer and beautiful girls in the country football match.”
Kaspersky
“Estonia can be another advantage to COLD and SNOW! Pray for snow, the Irish are not accustomed to snow!
Good Story
Meanwhile, on our Facebook page, Mattias Joesaar wrote: “The Irish wanted Estonia and we wanted Ireland, so everybody’s happy.”
We couldn’t have put it better ourselves, Mattias.
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