O'Neill determined to banish complacency as San Marino clash looms

Michael O'Neill expects his Northern Ireland players to treat Friday's World Cup qualifier with San Marino as if they were playing Germany.

O'Neill determined to banish complacency as San Marino clash looms

Michael O'Neill expects his Northern Ireland players to treat Friday's World Cup qualifier with San Marino as if they were playing Germany.

There are 202 places between the world champions and the micro-state in the FIFA world rankings, and Northern Ireland's next hosts have never won a competitive game in their entire history while the Germans have lost just two of their 90 World Cup qualifiers.

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