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In each of the four, the Irish have come out of the blocks quite well: drawing in Belgium (’88), Northern Ireland (’90), beating Albania at home (’94) and, most impressively of all, picking up points in both Amsterdam and Lisbon (2002).This time around, the games against the group’s middle to lower ranking sides could be decisive. Neither Macedonia nor Armenia tend to travel well and it is hard to image either will pick up points on the road in the likes of Dublin, Moscow or Bratislava.