in the next 12 13 months, whether it s in the qualifiers or in the tournament. so you know, these two great games, there s no better way for us to start the campaign. meanwhile, northern ireland also begin their campaign on thursday away in san marino, in what will be michael o neill s first game back since being re appointed as manager in december last year. o neill led northern ireland to theirfirst european championships in 2016, and they went on to reach the knockout stages but 0 neill says he knows his task this time around is very different. i m getting to know some of these lads. they were very young players when i was last in this position, and it s great to see them here now, the likes of conor bradley, dale taylor, for example all lads under 15 16 at the time, so it s a very positive thing for us to see that development. we have to prepare the team very quickly for a game on thursday night. and we ll do as much as we can on the grass, but obviously we have to keep