Following today's FIFA World Cup, European zone, play-off draw, the Republic of Ireland will host France in Croke Park in the first leg of the play-off on Saturday, November 14th with the return leg being held at the Stade de France on Wednesday, November 18th.

Republic of Ireland manager, Giovanni Trapattoni said: "These games are like cup finals, we have come through the qualification group and are one of only five teams in Europe with an unbeaten record, that will give us self-belief going into these games.

"We have done well so far but over the 180 minutes we must give something additional and we will have to be even more concentrated and focused than we have been until now.

"We have come out of a group containing the current world champions, Italy and have got positive results against them in both games. Now we face the 2006 World Cup finalists and our results to date will give us the conviction and the belief that we can get a result," added Trapattoni.


Ticket details:

Home Leg:

Blockbookers who purchased tickets for Italy & Montenegro will receive their ticket invoice in the coming days.

People who purchased via Ticketmaster & FAI/UMBRO Store in Carrolls only have until close of business on Wednesday (October 21st) to return their ticket stubs to the FAI to apply for play-off tickets.

Subject to availability, tickets for the home leg of the FIFA World Cup play-off may go on sale at a later date. Any further information on general sales will be posted on www.fai.ie.


Away Leg:

In order to apply for tickets for the play-off away leg, please send an e-mail with your name, address & contact information to ticket.office@fai.ie stating the number of tickets that you wish to request (please only request the exact number of tickets required)