Buckley says positive Pat’s will play with pride

To produce a performance they can stand over is St Patrick’s Athletic’s goal in Lower Saxony tonight.

Frustrated at not having done themselves justice in losing the first leg 3-0 in Dublin, the tie is considered all but over. But as Bohemians did in beating Kaiserslautern some 12 years ago after a heavy defeat in Dublin, winning away to a Bundesliga side is regarded as not an impossibility for St. Patrick’s.

Irish omens at tonight’s venue are also good as the Republic of Ireland drew 1-1 in the now redeveloped AWD-Arena at Euro ’88 while Jack Charlton’s side also won a friendly 2-0 here ahead of travelling to the World Cup finals in the USA six years later.