Jon Walters said he was nowhere near 100% fit in the Euro 2016 Group E clash with Sweden as doubt hangs over his participation in the rest of the tournament.
The Stoke City man revealed he felt the Achilles injury that he sustained earlier this month after just a minute of the game in Paris and he struggled on until eventually being substituted for James McClean in the 63rd minute.
Asked how he was feeling after the game, Walters told RTÉ Sport:
“Not great. I sort of felt it I think after one minute and couldn't really sprint or jump so it wasn't great. I just sort of got through hoping that it would settle down.
“In the second half, after a couple of runs, it just tightened up even worse. I think the right thing was to come off and hopefully it will settle down and be okay
“It just depends how it settles down. It's not as worse as when I first hurt so we'll see. I could play but I was nowhere near 100%, that I felt out there. But before the game, in the training I felt okay
“All the training was good in the past couple of days and pain free. It's just one of those things.
“We'll see how it settles down in the next couple of days. It was just over a week ago when I hurt it and it's nowhere near as sore as that so I can play a certain amount like I did today, I just didn't feel 100%
“We'll take it day by day and see what it's like tomorrow morning and go from there.”
Walters praised the performance of the Irish midfield as they helped the Boys in Green dominate the Group E game, but Ciaran Clark's own goal meant they only came away with a 1-1 draw.
He has called on his team-mates not to dwell on dropping points.
"The four lads in midfeild were exceptional tonight. Glenn, Wes, James Jeff and Wes got the goal. We had some good chances, their keeper pulled off some great saves and Jeff hit the bar.
"You have to take the positives. We have started off with a point on the board and we go into the next two games on a high."
