Well, yes, and here we go again. This might be a different Ireland, with a different manager and a number of different faces as first choice players but, as the first day of our Euro 2016 finally dawns, it’s hard to ignore the superficial similarities with four years ago in Poland.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s future had the British television stations flocking to Sweden’s Euro 2016 training base in Saint-Nazaire yesterday but manager Erik Hamren didn’t allow the distraction to diminish the confidence he exuded about getting off to a winning start against Ireland on Monday.

Sweden 3 Wales 0

While Martin O’Neill will wait another three weeks to finalise his Euro squad, Sweden boss Erik Hamren made the big decisions early by announcing his 23-man panel yesterday.

Denmark coach Morten Olsen is confident his side can overturn a 2-1 first-leg deficit and qualify for the Euro 2016 finals when they host Sweden tonight at a sold-out Telia Parken in Copenhagen.