WATCH: James McClean scores clinical break-away goal for Ireland
James McClean capped off a memorable few days of international duty with a clinical break-away goal in Ireland's 3-1 friendly victory over Uruguay last night.
The Albion winger, who captained Martin O'Neill's side against Mexico on Friday night, came off the bench at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday to round off the win.
It was a morale-boosting victory for Ireland ahead of their World Cup qualifier against Austria on Sunday.
"It’s nice to score goals," he told RTE Sport. "Hopefully I can get one again next Sunday if I’m playing. It’d be brilliant to score next Sunday, that’s the one that matters."
"This game and the Mexico game, they’re just about getting a bit of sharpness and match-time after the break. The big one is the next one and this win gives us a wee bit of confidence going into it.
"You want everyone chomping at the bit ready to play. The confidence is always been good to be fair, we’ve got a great bunch of lads here to be fair and when everyone’s in everyone just buzzes off each other and it’s good.
"We know what we have to do on Sunday and we’re looking forward to it.
"Coming off the back of a game like that, you’re buoyed, you’re feeling well and you just want to go again straight away.
"We’ll prepare like the professionals we are, we’ll leave no stone unturned and we’re looking forward to it."
