Cork City manager John Caulfield is confident his side can cause Europa League opponents Genk problems at Turner's Cross tomorrow night, but insists his side won't be throwing caution to the wind.
The club will be cheered on by a capacity crowd of nearly 7,000 as they look to overturn a 1-0 deficit from last week's first leg in Belgium.
Caulfield still has minor injury concerns over Greg Bolger and Stephen Beattie, but he is expecting everyone to report for duty for one of the biggest games in Cork's history.
"There's very few injuries, it's amazing when big games come along there aren't too many people on the treatment table," Caulfield told RTÉ 2fm's Game On.
"But we've a few concerns, Greg Bolger has been carrying a knock for the last couple of weeks and so has Stephen Beattie. But I'd expect everyone to come through."
With Genk facing a hostile atmosphere on Leeside, the temptation to go at the visitors from the off will be hard to resist but Caulfield (pictured) will be counselling restraint when he sends his side into battle.
"The most important thing is to be focused on what we're about and our gameplan, and with our vocal and passionate home crowd, see can we rattle Genk," he said.
"(But) you don't go into Europe and attack from the off. You'd be foolish to do so.
"At the end of the day, Genk are running a budget of €30million a year, so when you compare that top League of Ireland clubs are running somewhere around the €1million mark, it just shows you the gap and you'd be foolish to play an open game and take them on.
"So you have to be tight and cautious, and when you get the ball you must keep it. But crucially you must hold you shape and not be ripped apart.
"In Genk last week our shape was generally very good. They breached us on one occasion and scored but overall we defended really well and on the counter-attack we were very dangerous and created a few chances. I think it will be something similar tomorrow night."
"You don't go into Europe and attack from the off. You'd be foolish to do so.
While acknowledging that Irish sides in Europe are understandably sees as rank outsiders, Caulfield believes the level of talent in Irish domestic football is consistently underrated, at home and abroad, and hopes that Dundalk's incredible Champions League success will bring more status to the game.
"(Genk) are in the Belgian league and it's just a higher standard than our league," he said. "The money involved is massive. When you're playing from the League of Ireland in Europe you are always underdogs.
"At the same time, I do think our top teams and our top players are underestimated.
"But Dundalk showed last night that there are serious quality players in our league at the top level and they don't get the credit for it, so you need nights like last night to make people sit up and see that there are serious players out there.
"We have a good team and serious players as well, and we've beaten BK Hacken, who won the Swedish Cup last year, so we've already created one shock."
Caulfield was full of praise for Dundalk's historic achievement, but insisted their victory over BATE Borisov would have little impact on the level of interest in football-mad Cork.
"For people who don't normally follow the League of Ireland maybe so, but down in Cork the game was sold out on Sunday and we're under pressure here every week anyway," Caulfield said,
"We're massive underdogs tomorrow, a bit like Dundalk last night, but we have a serious opportunity to progress.
"It would be great from our point of view if we could go a step further and would create a great feeling around the country, because obviously we've been the one team the last couple of years chasing Dundalk and trying to put it up to them.
"We're totally focused on a very difficult game, and we understand that there's areas where we can cause them problems and we're hoping we can send the crowd home happy and get some good headlines on Friday morning."
