Andorra friendly the latest ‘must-win’ affair for Stephen Kenny’s Ireland

This camp has been earmarked as a vital staging post by Kenny from a long way out given the time it will afford him with his players

Republic of Ireland manager Stephen Kenny. Picture: INPHO/Tommy Dickson

Stephen Kenny accepts that expectation will accompany his Republic of Ireland side when they face Andorra next week, even if the manager stopped short of framing that friendly in Barcelona as a must-win affair.

The national side has failed to claim a victory in any of Kenny’s 11 games in charge so far and the meeting with a tiny principality wedged between France and Spain offers the manager and his team the perfect opportunity to get that particular monkey off their back.