Ireland's Paralympic football team preparing for tough group games in Rio

“We expect three of the hardest games I think we’ll ever have.”

Barry Ferguson admits that Ireland's Paralympic football team face a tough group at Rio 2016 but they are eager to get started.

The Ireland manager, whose playing career included time at Longford Town, Shamrock Rovers, Bohemians and Sporting Fingal sees his side face Ukraine in their opening game of the seven-a-side Paralympic football tournament.