Chiedozie Ogbene has warned the Republic of Eire they need to anticipate the Netherlands to be each bit nearly as good as France as they head into Sunday’s do-or-die Euro 2024 qualifier in Dublin.
The 26-year-old Luton frontman and his team-mates have been again on residence soil on Friday, nonetheless licking their wounds after a 2-0 Group B defeat in Paris during which they have been subjected to the total armoury at Didier Deschamps’ disposal.
With solely three factors banked from their first 4 video games – and people from a 3-0 victory over Gibraltar – something lower than a win in opposition to the Dutch would go away their qualification hopes in tatters.
However requested if they may a least hope Ronald Koeman’s facet wouldn’t be as highly effective because the French, Ogbene stated: “I believe they are going to be nearly as good.
“The Dutch have good expertise on this competitors. We’ll take nothing with no consideration. We’ll do our homework and try to get a optimistic outcome as a result of that’s what we’d like proper now. Any kind of good outcome to assist us management our future on this competitors.
“Nothing is over till it’s over. We like to regulate our future. If we don’t get a optimistic outcome, it’s out of our arms.”
Eire have been taught a brutal lesson on the Parc des Princes by the facet ranked second on the planet and needed to defend for expensive life to remain inside touching distance.
The Netherlands are solely 5 locations worse off, whereas Eire sit in 53rd place within the desk and the journey to Paris proved a bruising one.
Nevertheless, Ogbene is aware of there’s solely a lot time to mirror earlier than minds must focus as soon as once more.
He stated: “It’s tough for some gamers as a result of everyone seems to be emotionally engaged on this competitors. All of us wish to qualify for Germany and do properly for the nation.
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“It’s not as straightforward because it says, simply to maneuver on to Sunday. We now have to do it. We now have 24 hours (for it) to sink in and let our ideas run wild.
“After 24 hours, you need to transfer on as a result of now we have a giant sport on Sunday. If we win that, we’re again within the working.”
Supervisor Stephen Kenny is hoping that’s precisely what occurs with knives being sharpened on the prospect of the marketing campaign successfully ending with three video games to go.
For a era of Eire supporters, reminiscences of a well-known 1-0 World Cup qualifier win over a Dutch facet which included Edwin Van Der Sar, Jaap Stam, Marc Overmars, Ruud Van Nistelrooy and Patrick Kluivert at Lansdowne Highway in September 2001 stay vivid and a repeat may hardly be extra well timed.
Kenny stated: “I used to be a supporter within the crowd at that sport. It was an unbelievable efficiency all proper and a terrific win and a well-known win, in fact.
“That group was a extremely top-class Irish group. However from our standpoint, that’s what we have to do. We now have acquired to imagine that we are able to put within the efficiency that may get the outcome we’d like.”