Vera Pauw: Ireland's World Cup qualification route has gone exactly as expected

The Girls in Green face Scotland tomorrow night with World Cup qualification on the line.

UP IN THE AIR: Ireland manager Vera Pauw at Dublin Airport ahead of the team's chartered flight to Glasgow. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Vera Pauw is confident the Republic of Ireland will not be daunted by their World Cup play-off with Scotland as they continue along the road they always expected to travel.

Pauw's side face the Scots at Hampden Park in Glasgow on Tuesday evening in a one-off clash with a trip to Australia and New Zealand next summer tantalisingly close.