Vera Pauw demands intensity as Ireland look to build on promising start to campaign

Vera Pauw talks to the media ahead of tonight’s World Cup qualifier in Tallaght. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

From her deep reservoir of experience and knowledge, Vera Pauw dug out a Dutch proverb to caution Ireland against premature delusions of women’s World Cup qualification.

“If you put on pants that are too big of a size, they will go down to your ankles,” she warned ahead of tonight’s visit of Slovakia to Tallaght.