Euro 2012: Ireland's players pursuade manager Giovanni Trapattoni to cancel training for fear of burnout It was just as simple as that, really. We've been training a lot, with two games in there, so it really lifted the lads (to have a day off). It was nice to literally do nothing, have a walk around the town and sample the atmosphere. Ireland trained for almost two hours at their Gdynia training camp on Thursday before returning to their beach-side base in Sopot and Andrews insisted that the 24-hour break has benefited the players. He said: "You don't train every single day when you're at your club, but I think it's good management and showed flexibility by changing plans. The vast majority of us are used to the English system where we train for two or three days and have a day off. Italian football is a lot less intense, but when we train, we can't seem to take it easy. "Once we have a goal and a couple of "keepers, it becomes competitive. That's just our nature. I think it was just a clever call to have a rest day, to be honest. Meanwhile, Trapattoni's assistant, Marco Tardelli, claimed there are no further concerns over goalkeeper Given, who is expected to train fully on Friday. "Shay Given is fit," Tardelli said. He decides to rest or not because he knows his body and he knows his mind. I'm sure he will be fit 100 per cent. He did train on Thursday, he just did different training. There are no worries. Only three of Trapattoni's players - Given, Damien Duff and captain Robbie Keane - have appeared in the finals of a major tournament before with Richard Dunne having travelled to the 2002 World Cup finals, but without getting on to the pitch. For that reason, Trapattoni's vast experience is proving crucial. Tardelli said: "It is very important because he knows this kind of tournament, and it is very important to speak with the players. We also have players with lots of other experience, but he is the same man that was my coach.