The countdown is on for the Republic of Ireland's World Cup qualifier against Austria in the Aviva this coming Sunday.
Even though a James McClean strike granted the boys in green an away win against Austria, manager Martin O'Neill is aware of the challenge that the visitors pose.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Martin O'Neill: Austria have top quality players, players playing in the Champions League. They'll be a tough challenge. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COYBIG?src=hash">#COYBIG</a></p>— FAIreland (@FAIreland) <a href="https://twitter.com/FAIreland/status/872053955265802240">June 6, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Austria will be without striker Marcel Sabitzer on Sunday - after he injured himself at home. Sabitzer slipped in his living room and crashed into glass, injuring a muscle in his upper arm.
From an Irish point of view, O'Neill has stated that "David McGoldrick has a niggle behind his knee. He's had a scan. So far everybody else is not too bad."
So with almost a clean bill of health, Shane Duffy feels that Ireland have to set the tempo on Sunday evening.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Shane Duffy: We'll go out and try to set the tempo. We'll have a big crowd and we know what we want to achieve. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COYBIG?src=hash">#COYBIG</a></p>— FAIreland (@FAIreland) <a href="https://twitter.com/FAIreland/status/872057212084113408">June 6, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Kick off is at 17:00 on Sunday, June 11th.
