NOW WE HAVE IT IN HAND

HEIMIR HALLGRIMSSON will send his Republic of Ireland players out to battle in Budapest today and tell them they have the whole world in their hands.

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Thursday's brilliant win over Portugal means progress to the World Cup playoffs is still on the cards - and a win in Hungary will move the Boys in Green a step closer to next summer’s finals.

The Icelandic boss said: “We're trying to focus on us. That's a big task.

“First of all, focusing after a good game, building on that one, just realising what it was that created that win and trying to reproduce that.