The Elephants' hopes of progressing to the second round in South Africa always appeared slim as they needed to not only emphatically beat their opponents to make up an enormous goal deficit, but also hope that Portugal lost to Brazil in the other fixture in Group G.

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That match in Gdansk will be the feature clash of the third day of the Euro 2012 finals, while the Republic of Ireland will take on Croatia in the other opening Group C fixture in Poznan.

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Murphy is jealous and believes watching their Old Firm rivals in their first Group C fixture will spur Celtic on to grab back the title - and the one Champions League place up for grabs next season.

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