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Reaction As Stephanie Roche Takes Second Spot for Puskas Award

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10:28 13 Jan 2015


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Stephanie Roche says she's proud her goal made it to the top two in the world this year.

The Shankill woman lost out on the FIFA Puskas Goal of the Year award last night, with Real Madrid's James Rodriguez taking the top prize.

Roche gained over a million votes and 33 per cent of the overall vote.

But Rodriguez took the prize with 1.4 million votes and 42 per cent of the vote.

Roche still finished well ahead of third placed Robin van Persie, who received just 11 per cent of the vote.

Speaking this morning, Roche says she is disappointed, but proud:

The Irish women's squad watched the awards ceremony last night at their training base in La Manga last night.

Irish women’s manager Sue Ronan spoke to 98FM's Sport's Derek Ryan this morning:


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