Republic of Ireland name James McCarthy in squad for Brazil friendly

Published: 12:01PM GMT twenty-two February 2010

Call-up: James McCarthy rewarded for performances with Wigan Photo: ACTION IMAGES

Midfielder McCarthy, 19, perceived his initial call after a array of earnest performances for Wigan, who he assimilated from Hamilton last summer.

Trapattoni has additionally comparison 19-year-old Manchester City defender Greg Cunningham and 22-year-old Portsmouth centre-back Marc Wilson for the initial time, as the Republic hope for for their initial compare given controversially losing out to France in their World Cup play-off.

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Trapattoni"s side will take on Brazil at Arsenal"s Emirates Stadium on Tuesday Mar 2, with the South Americans approaching to move a clever patrol to London.

As well as the new faces in the squad, the Republic have additionally enclosed their comparison men, together with jot down scorer Robbie Keane, right away enjoying a decent run of form during his loan spell at Celtic.

John O"Shea misses out due to the leg damage he postulated opposite France. A red blood clot formed, that has kept him sidelined since, and the Manchester United defender might not fool around again this season.

Celtic defender Darren O"Dea is left out, as are Hibernian"s Liam Miller and Anthony Stokes.

Trapattoni is fervent for his players to put the beating of losing to France at the back of them.

Thierry Henry"s sport in the second leg, as he set up William Gallas for the idea that motionless the tie, was unpleasant at the time but the maestro Italian manager wants to move on.

He said: "I see brazen to operative with my patrol again after the beating of Paris.

"The priority right away is to set up on the swell done during the last debate and hope for ourselves over the entrance months mentally and tactically for an critical Euro campaign."

Republic of Ireland squad: Shay Given (Manchester City), Keiren Westwood (Coventry), Joe Murphy (Scunthorpe); Richard Dunne (Aston Villa), Stephen Kelly (Fulham), Kevin Kilbane (Hull), Kevin Foley (Wolves), Sean St Ledger (Preston), Paul McShane (Hull), Marc Wilson (Portsmouth), Greg Cunningham (Manchester City); Aiden McGeady (Celtic), Damien Duff (Fulham), Darron Gibson (Manchester United), Glenn Whelan (Stoke), Keith Andrews (Blackburn), Stephen Hunt (Hull), Liam Lawrence (Stoke), James McCarthy (Wigan); Kevin Doyle (Wolves), Robbie Keane (Tottenham), Shane Long (Reading), Leon Best (Newcastle).