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On Thursday night, Off The Ball and the OTB Sports app is where you can find full commentary of R...



On Thursday night, Off The Ball and the OTB Sports app is where you can find full commentary of Republic of Ireland v Slovakia.

The crucial match will be live from 19:45, with all the build-up from Nathan Murphy and Stuey Byrne.

You can listen live on OTBSports.com, OTB Sports Radio and the OTB Sports app, available for both Apple and Android devices.

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Meanwhile, Republic of Ireland defender Matt Doherty says it would be "pretty special" to qualify for next summer's European Championships.

Stephen Kenny's squad have trained in Bratislava today ahead of tomorrow's Euro 2020 Playoff semi-final against Slovakia with Doherty set to start at right-back in the absence of injured captain Seamus Coleman.

The Spurs defender says he's settling in well to life in North London at club level and insists that Ireland will go into the game with a positive approach as they look to set up a final against Northern Ireland or Bosnia next month.

And having seen his Tottenham teammates recover from going behind early on before beating Manchester United last weekend, Doherty says Ireland won't panic if they go behind tomorrow.

“Worst-case scenario, you go a goal down, it's not the end of the world. It's a 90-minute game, which is a long time, so I think there are enough of us in the squad that have enough experience to not panic.

“None of us would panic at club level if we were 1-0 down. All of us would be saying to each other 'let's stay in the game and see what happens'.

“So I don't think anybody would be panicking if that is the case.  Hopefully, it's not, but if a situation like that does happen, I don't think there'll be panic buttons getting pushed around anyway.

“We know we have the quality and ability to go and create goals.”

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