Donegal’s Amber Barrett scored twice for the Republic of Ireland in a 3-2 win against Zambia in Thursday night’s World Cup warm-up at Tallaght Stadium.
Barrett, who recently signed for Belgian side Standard Liege, was introduced as a half-time substitute and scored two goals in the second 45 minutes.
They were her first international goals for Ireland since that memorable finish last October at Hampden Park which secured World Cup qualification for her country.
She’s done it again. Amber Barrett with the ball in the back of the night TWICE tonight against Zambia. A true performer ⚽️🇮🇪
— Her Sport (@HerSportDotIE) June 22, 2023
Fellow Donegal players Ciara Grant and Erin McLaughlin were also introduced as second-half substitutes with McLaughlin making her senior international debut for Ireland.
This was the team’s final game before manager Veru Pauw announces her 23-woman squad next Thursday for next month’s World Cup finals in Australia and New Zealand.
Player of the match Amber Barrett is hoping that her two-goal performance against Zambia is enough to convince Vera Pauw that she deserves a place in her World Cup squad. She’ll have an aisle seat, if you’re asking. #RTEsoccer pic.twitter.com/2FEYN0U3rf
— RTÉ Soccer (@RTEsoccer) June 22, 2023
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Player of the match Amber Barrett is hoping that her two-goal performance against Zambia is enough to convince Vera Pauw that she deserves a place in her World Cup squad. She'll have an aisle seat, if you're asking. <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/RTEsoccer?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#RTEsoccer</a> <a href=”https://t.co/2FEYN0U3rf”>pic.twitter.com/2FEYN0U3rf</a></p>— RTÉ Soccer (@RTEsoccer) <a href=”https://twitter.com/RTEsoccer/status/1671981308921126934?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>June 22, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>
Ireland will have one more World Cup warm-up game – against France – before the tournament begins.
