The Irish will have to beat France in order to get to the World Cup finals in South Africa next year.
“These games are like cup finals,” he told the Football Association of Ireland’s official website.
“We have come through the qualification group and are one of only five teams in Europe with an unbeaten record. That will give us self-belief going into these games.
“We have done well so far, but over the 180 minutes, we must give something additional, and we will have to be even more concentrated and focused than we have been until now.
“We have come out of a group containing the current world champions, Italy, and have got positive results against them in both games.
“Now we face the 2006 World Cup finalists and our results to date will give us the conviction and the belief that we can get a result.”
