The draw for the play-off games that will decide the final 4 European teams that will compete in next year’s World Cup was made a short while ago in Zurich.<\/p>\n
The stand out tie sees Giovanni Trapattoni’s Irish side face France over two legs, with\u00a0the second leg being in Paris.\u00a0 Whilst this is clearly a huge challenge for the Irish, France will also be very wary\u00a0of a vastly improved\u00a0side which came within a few minutes of beating World Champions Italy only a couple of weeks ago.<\/p>\n
This seems to be the hardest of the four ties to predict, with Portugal, Ukraine, and Russia all likely to fancy their chances of joining the party in South Africa next year.<\/p>\n
The ties will be played over two legs ( with the first leg on Nov 14, and the\u00a0second leg on\u00a0Nov 18 ), and the full draw is:<\/p>\n
Republic of Ireland v France
\nPortugal v Bosnia-Herzegovina
\nGreece v Ukraine
\nRussia v Slovenia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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