Turkey v Ireland: Carla Ward's girls in green face Nations League trip to Istanbul
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Ireland continue their Nations League B Group 2 campaign with a visit to Turkey.
Carla Ward's team won the reverse fixture 1-0 and will be hoping to keep the pressure on Solvenia at the top of the table.
You can follow all the action as it happens in our liveblog below.
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Her manager, Carla Ward, insisted that there was nowhere else the Tallaght woman would rather be as she bids to ease her country's qualification path ahead of a possible second successive World Cup appearance.
'There's nowhere else she'd rather be' says Irish boss Carla Ward as Katie McCabe's dizzying week continues in Istanbul
Katie McCabe's head-spinning, headline-grabbing week continued this morning in Istanbul as she joined her Irish international team-mates for her first training session since helping Arsenal stun Barcelona in Saturday's Champions League final.
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McCabe straight back into action in Green this evening
Katie McCabe was given a special welcome into camp this week, after her Champions League heroics with Arsenal.
She will be fully focused tonight as she looks to lead Ireland closer to another World Cup appearance.
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Louise Quinn starts on the bench tonight
'I'm here to play,' declares Quinn, who has won 121 caps in a storied 16-year career that, perhaps, may yet have a valedictory footnote.
'I'm here to fight for my position. It's not going to be given to me, I absolutely know that. Carla doesn't owe me anything in terms of being like, 'Oh we'll just play her just because of this."
'I was sobbing at the airport' – Louise Quinn on postponing retirement and motherhood as she answers Ireland's call
Louise Quinn may have been forced to bow to the inevitable conclusion of every athlete's sporting career but is determined to postpone her final fate for a few more days yet.
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Megan Connolly is back in the side and looking to keep up the positive vibes after her move to Rome
Read David Kelly's chat with the Cork native here.
'As soon as I heard the first phone call, I knew straight away' – All roads lead to Rome for Ireland's Megan Connolly
Perhaps it was the day that Megan Connolly got lost in new surroundings was the moment of discovery that she had, in fact, found exactly what she had been looking for.
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Team news is in! - Dave Kelly reports live from Turkey
Ireland have made three changes for this evening's Nations League B clash in Istanbul with newly-crowned European champion Katie McCabe returning from suspension to lead her side.
Megan Connolly and Abbie Larkin also come in for Megan Campbell and Tyler Toland in the other changes to the side who beat Greece last time out, as Carla Ward's women bid to claim the victory that will give them a chance of over-hauling pace-setters Slovenia in Cork next Tuesday.
Slovenia have already kicked off against Greece and, should both they and the Irish claim victory this evening, Ireland must over-haul a four-goal deficit on Tuesday to clinch automatic promotion to the top flight.
Twelve Irish fans are officially at the game, curiously being attended to be almost as many riot police, who ushered in both team's buses less than a half-hour ago.
Republic of Ireland: Courtney Brosnan; Aoife Mannion, Jessie Stapleton, Anna Patten, Katie McCabe (capt); Megan Connolly, Denise O'Sullivan (capt), Marissa Sheva; Lucy Quinn, Amber Barrett, Abbie Larkin
Substitutes: G Moloney, S Whitehouse, M Campbell, Louise Quinn, T Toland, R Littlejohn, E Healy, C Hayes, K Carusa, S Noonan, E Murphy, C Mustaki.
Turkey: Selda Akgoz (capt); Busem Seker, Gulbin Hiz, Sejde Abrahamson, Ilayda Civelek; Ebru Topcu, Meryem Cal; Ece Turkoglu, Miray Cin, Melike Pekel; Kader Hancar
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Welcome to live blog coverage of Ireland's crucial women's Nations League Group B clash in Turkey
Ireland arrive at the Esenler Stadium in Istanbul knowing that they need two wins in their final two games to have a chance of automatic promotion to Group A of the Nations League, boosting their seeding for World Cup qualifying next year.
With a win, second place will be guaranteed tonight, which will result in a two-legged play-off against one of the third-placed teams from League A.
Ireland will be led by captain Katie McCabe, fresh off her Champions League triumph with Arsenal as they face a tough Turkey side, whom they beat by a narrow one-nil margin in Tallaght in February.
The match kicks off in 30 minutes, so enjoy and be sure to check out the analysis from David Kelly, online and in print.
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