Keane: We must believe

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Giovanni Trapattoni's side went down 1-0 against France at Croke Park, stacking the odds firmly against them for the second leg of their World Cup play-off with Les Bleus following Nicolas Anelka's goal - but Keane refused to throw in the towel at the halfway stage of the tie.

"We have to be confident for Wednesday and believe we can win the game. There's no question we can do it on Wednesday," the captain told Sky Sports 1. "We've been to big teams like Italy and got results, so we know we can. It's not going to be easy but we have to believe."

He added: "We need to believe that we have to go there, we have to get a goal and hopefully we can get two and not concede."

Reflecting on where the first leg was won and lost, the Tottenham striker added: "They didn't create too many chances but the one that counted cost us a little bit.

"We created a few chances, maybe not clear-cut chances but certainly half chances."

Kevin Doyle, man of the match after leading the line bravely, echoed his skipper's thoughts.

"We have to score to win the game," he said. "We go to France needing a goal. If not two goals, then one to get into extra time and then we'll see what happens.

"It was so close. Their goal was not even a half chance, it was a lucky deflection. We had a few chances we made ourselves but just couldn't score.

"It's half-time and we have another game to go in Paris. We have gone to Italy against the world champions and we got a goal so why not in France?"