Article: Football: Defeat not my cup of tea; UEFA EURO 2008 Austria - Switzerland QUALIFYING GROUP F: Northern Ireland v Iceland, Windsor Park, 3pm LAWRIE DEMANDS AFLYING START TO EURO CAMPAIGN.(Sport)

Byline: Orla Bannon

A FIERY training session yesterday morning left Lawrie Sanchez in no doubt that his players are ready to raise temperatures against Iceland this afternoon.

The Northern Ireland boss revealed he had to curb some "overenthusiastic" tackles in training yesterday as the team prepared to kick off a new European adventure at Windsor Park today.

"The players have done really well this week," said Sanchez.

"If anything they've been too lively. We didn't have to curtail this morning's session as such, but they were flying into ...

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