Monday 27 March 2017 16:27, UK
Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill says Seamus Coleman is "still pretty down" after suffering a horrific leg fracture on Friday night.
But O'Neill says the player has accepted his situation, and is optimistic he will return "as good as ever".
The Everton full-back remained in hospital on Monday as he continued to recover after undergoing surgery to pin the tibia and fibula in his right leg following his double leg break in the 0-0 draw against Wales on Friday in their World Cup qualifier.
Coleman suffered the fracture in a challenge from Neil Taylor, for which the Wales man received a straight red card, and he is now facing a lengthy stint on the sidelines.
O'Neill held a press conference on Monday ahead of Tuesday's friendly against Iceland and said Coleman remains downbeat but was "positive" about the future.
"I think he's just beginning to come to terms with it," said O'Neill. "I saw him yesterday and he's still pretty down about it. He's not in as much pain, the operation went very well, and it's just a matter of coming to terms with it.
"As Seamus mentioned to me the other day, he just said that it has happened now, he can't do anything about it, and it's what he does now in the next few months that is very, very important."
The damage to Coleman's leg was so gruesome that no television replays were shown during the game.
But O'Neill is confident his captain will make a full recovery, having seen Henrik Larsson fight his way back from a similar injury during his time in charge at Celtic.
"Before I went to Celtic, about five or six months before that, Henrik Larsson had a very serious injury," said O'Neill.
"He recovered magnificently and the injury didn't bother him again from then until the end of his career, so players have recovered.
"Great players have broken their legs and come back, and Seamus, obviously it's very early for him to start considering all those things, but he is positive.
"Naturally, as I mentioned earlier at the start, he's down, as he would be, as the realisation that he is going to be out of action for quite some considerable time has dawned on him. Those type of things don't just take five minutes to get over.
"But he's very strong, he's got a lot of good people around him, his family is very, very strong as well, and he is positive that he will be back and as good as ever."
