O’Neill wants positive mindset

Republic of Ireland boss Martin O’Neill wants his players to believe they can beat anyone at Euro 2016.

Ireland were pegged back to draw 1-1 with the Netherlands in their penultimate warm-up game in Dublin on Friday night.

However, having beaten world champions Germany during qualification, O’Neill insists they have cause for optimism as they prepare to face Sweden, Belgium and Italy.

He said: “It’s not a case of whether we can, we just have to, we have to. It has to be our mindset, it has to be that, that we have to go into those games thinking that we can compete. Otherwise we might as well stay at home.

“I know it doesn’t last forever, but if you can’t take some self-confidence and self-belief out of beating Germany, I don’t think you are ever going to do it.

“I genuinely believe that that result, even though we played a couple of days later against Poland, I actually think that result set us up for the two games against Bosnia.

“We have qualified now. Qualification was great, but it happened in November. Let us go again, and we have to do it. I can’t predict anything out there other than putting heart and …

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