After two years of huffing and puffing eight national teams now face the knock-out drama of the play-offs to decide the last four nations for France, Euro 2016. It will require a completely different mind set for the two-legged encounters which generally benefit the sides that play their second leg at home. That is why Martin O`Neill will relish Dublin support for his men in green for the second game against their opponents Bosnia-Herzegovina.
It is the first time these two nations will have met in a competitive game although in 2012 a Shane Long goal was enough to settle a friendly.