VIDEO: Shane Long has made ‘significant improvement’; yellow cards will play part in play-offs

Republic of Ireland boss Martin O’Neill has revealed that striker Shane Long has made “significant improvement” from his injury and is fighting to be fit for the second leg of Ireland’s Euro 2016 qualifiers in Dublin on Monday.

Ireland are without suspended duo John O’Shea and Jonathan Walters and injury victims Shay Given, Long and new addition to the casualty list, David Meyler, who suffered a knee injury in training on Wednesday, for the first leg in Zenica this evening.