Fulham's Stephen Kelly has stated that 'no stone will be left unturned' this week as the Republic of Ireland prepare for their two-legged Euro 2012 play-off match against Estonia.
The first leg will be played on Friday evening at Le Coq Arena in Tallinn before the action returns to the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Tuesday night and Kelly is relishing a chance to reach the Finals in Poland and the Ukraine.
“I’m so excited about this fantastic opportunity and we’ve just got to stick with the same form we’ve shown recently,” said Kelly.
“We’re playing a side that is very resilient and hard to beat and we’ve got to make sure we get a good result away from home to put us in a good position when we return for the home leg.
“I’m sure our team will have done all their homework on Estonia and provide us with all the stats on all the players. No stone will be left unturned so we’ll be going into the games fully prepared.”
Ireland have only reached the European Championship finals once before, in West Germany in 1988, but have played in five play-offs before, wining just once.
Ireland do have previous winning form against Estonia with victories over their play-off opponents in 2000 and 2001.
Estonia, playing in their first ever play-off, have never reached the finals of a major tournament before but recorded two victories over Northern Ireland in their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.