Evra ‘obsessed’ with play-off

FRANCE defender Patrice Evra has admitted to becoming ‘obsessed’ about the World Cup play-off matches against Ireland this week and has called the two games ‘the biggest of my career’.

The Manchester United defender, who has played in three Champions League finals, is taking things so seriously that he is even boycotting the colour green to prepare himself for the game.

The full-back, who has seen off the challenge of Gael Clichy and Eric Abidal to make the left-back spot his own, has been warned by team-mate John O’Shea to expect ‘hell’ at Croke Park on Saturday night. But he has responded in kind and insisted that his team have the fighting spirit to see off the Irish.