Katie McCabe's Republic of Ireland have one match left between them and a World Cup place, and the captain is already locked on Poland.
Republic of Ireland captain Katie McCabe has wasted no time moving on from a commanding win over Kazakhstan. Her attention is now on the one game that matters most: the World Cup play-off final against Poland.
The victory kept Ireland's qualification hopes alive and set up a winner-takes-all decider. There is no safety net left. One match will decide whether Ireland book a place on football's biggest stage or watch it slip away.
McCabe has made clear that the squad's mindset is to stay sharp and treat the result against Kazakhstan as a stepping stone, not a finish line. As captain, she is setting the tone: celebrate briefly, then get back to work.
Poland will arrive knowing the stakes are just as high, so the final promises to be tight and tense. For Ireland, the task is to carry the momentum from the Kazakhstan win into the biggest game of this qualifying campaign.
