Pandev gunning for an upset

MACEDONIA star Goran Pandev has admitted that their Euro 2012 qualifying opponents Ireland are a better team but insisted that the visitors will be going all-out for a win in Dublin tomorrow.

Macedonia go into the game in fifth place in Group B and Pandev has told his team-mates that a defeat to Ireland will end their hopes of competing at Poland-Ukraine next summer.

Pandev, who was passed fit to play despite hobbling off with a leg injury in his last match for Inter Milan, looked sharp in training yesterday morning.