Seamus Coleman will be released from hospital on Wednesday as he begins the lengthy process of working his way back from a double leg fracture.
Republic of Ireland boss Martin O'Neill confirmed the news after visiting his captain in hospital on Tuesday.
O'Neill said Coleman was in good spirits three days after undergoing surgery to pin his broken tibia and fibula, which he sustained in a collision with Wales' Neil Taylor on Friday night.
Speaking after his side's 1-0 loss to Iceland, O'Neill said: "Seamus is doing much better today. I went to see him again. He's in better spirits.
"It's as much to do with [the fact that] he has still got the family around - his brother, his wife, his mother and the youngster all keeping him pretty busy. I think he's doing much better now. It's not something you're going to get over in 24 hours, 36 hours. He's in much better spirits.
"He's getting out tomorrow, I think. It's encouraging to see. He's very positive, which I knew he would be. It's a tough injury. Could he get over it? If anybody can quickly, then Seamus can do that."
Coleman was one of a series of senior players unavailable to O'Neill on Tuesday night in Dublin and he used the friendly match to take a look at some of the fringe members of his squad.
O'Neill handed full debuts to Brentford defender John Egan and Aston Villa midfielder Conor Hourihane and introduced Preston pair Andy Boyle and Daryl Horgan for the first time from the bench.
Bristol City full-back Hordur Magnusson won the game for the visitors with a perfectly placed 21st-minute free-kick which proved to be one of few clear-cut chances on the night.
It marked an end to a difficult week for O'Neill who will hope to have the likes of Daryl Murphy, Shane Duffy, Wes Hoolahan, Ciaran Clark and Harry Arter back from injury when the Republic of Ireland host Austria on June 11.
The manager said: "Tonight would be great for some of the players to play, to know what it's like to step out and play at international level and try to do well in the length of time they're on the field of play.
"Sometimes it is very difficult. There were a couple of lads making their debuts. John Egan, I thought, did fine. He got a cut head after a couple of minutes - we bandaged him up - and Hourihane played for the first time.
"Some of those lads have that experience now. What will happen is that players now will obviously go back and resume club duties.
"From my own viewpoint, I hope they stay clear of serious injury and maybe the time June comes around, we might have some of the other players back.
"But who knows? It's in the lap of the gods."
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