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Ireland WNT: Bell praises 'quality' Netherlands

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The WNT face the Netherlands at Tallaght Stadium as they look to take more points off the European Champions after their 0-0 draw in November.

Ireland are currently unbeaten in their qualifying campaign, second in the Group Three table, and level on points with tomorrow's opponents after the 2-1 win over Slovakia on Friday.

There was a record 3501 attendance for the win over Slovakia at Tallaght Stadium and Head Coach Bell hopes the crowd turns out once again to get behind the team.

"It is going to be tough, no question about that. They're the European Champions and despite the result in November, you look at their results over the past year, it is a huge task," said Bell.

"They will be gunning for us as well. We saw them put seven past Northern Ireland on Friday and they've got so many threats all across the park.

"We've got to be in the game though. We need the crowd to come out once again and get behind every tackle and every shot for the entire 90 minutes. They were brilliant on Friday and we'll need them once again to get a result tomorrow."

The WNT Head Coach faces a selection headache as both Leanne Kiernan and Amber Barrett scored against Slovakia on Friday. Aine O'Gorman trained with the squad at Tallaght Stadium today but won't be match fit for tomorrow's game due to illness.

"We're extremely stretched at the moment. We've got very few options with the injury situation but the players proved on Friday that they can cope with it," Bell continued.

"We've got a couple of variations on how we are going to play and I'll have to look at it tonight to see what we will start with. I've been extremely impressed with the players in training as it has been a long week for them with the two games.

"They've got to recover and ready for the game as we can have no passengers tomorrow. They are the best team in world women's football at the moment so every player has to leave everything out there on the pitch to potentially cause a sensation."

TEAM NEWS: Aine O'Gorman and Claire O'Riordan won't be fit for the game with illness. Galway WFC winger Aislinn Meaney has been brought into the squad to replace Tyler Toland who fractured her wrist earlier in the week. 

Republic of Ireland WNT Squad

Goalkeepers: Marie Hourihan (Manchester City), Amanda Budden (Cork City), Amanda McQuillan (Shelbourne)

Defenders: Sophie Perry-Campbell (Brighton and Hove Albion), Diane Caldwell (SC Sand), Louise Quinn (Arsenal), Niamh Fahey (Bordeaux), Niamh Prior (Shelbourne).

Midfielders: Megan Connolly (Florida State University), Karen Duggan (Peamount United), Denise O'Sullivan (NC Courage), Roma McLaughlin (Shelbourne), Amy Boyle-Carr (Sion Swifts), Aislinn Meaney (Galway WFC).

Attackers: Katie McCabe (Arsenal), Leanne Kiernan (Shelbourne), Amber Barrett (Peamount United), Isibeal Atkinson (Shelbourne), Ruesha Littlejohn (Celtic), Aine O'Gorman (Peamount United), Claire O'Riordan (Wexford Youths), Dearbhaile Beirne (UCD Waves)

FIFA 2019 World Cup Qualifying Group Three - Fixtures

April 10: Republic of Ireland v The Netherlands, Tallaght Stadium, KO 7pm

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Republic of Ireland Women's National Team Head Coach Colin Bell believes the Netherlands are the 'best team in world women's football' ahead of the FIFA 2019 World Cup qualifier on Tuesday.

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