Ireland’s Under-17s take on the Netherlands in a European Championship quarter-final in England on Monday.
It’s the second year in succession that Ireland have made the last eight and the game will be broadcast live from Chesterfield on RTÉ 2 Television and online on RTÉ Player from 6.30pm – kick-off 7.0pm.
Ireland’s young guns secured qualification on Friday with a 2-0 win over Bosnia & Herzegovina. That result gave Colin O’Brien’s team back-to-back victories following Tuesday’s 1-0 win against Denmark.
Last year O’Brien’s side went down 1-0 to eventual Under-17 World Champions, England.
"Preparations have gone well. We’ve had two days since the last group game. The day after was very much recovery," he said.
"Post game, we moved base (to St George’s Park) and that freshened everything up. We trained this morning and everyone is ready and looking forward to the game against the Dutch.
The Netherlands come into the game having topped Group D with three wins from three, with O’Brien knowing his opponents come into the game in fine form.
"They are a top class outfit," he said. "Already in the tournament they are scoring goals, they haven’t conceded and have beaten two top tier teams in Spain and Germany.
"They’ll be full of confidence so we’ll have to have our plan. It will be an 80 or 84 minute game and we’ll make sure we give it our very best."
Ireland recovered from an opening game defeat to Belgium to pick up maximum points against both Denmark and Bosnia & Herzegovina with the Boys in Green coming into the game full of belief.
"We have a bit of confidence now from winning two games. I said after the first game that I didn’t feel we should have lost – we should have got a point out of it," said Bell.
"That didn’t knock the players’ confidence, they learned from it. This group has good character and they’ve shown that by bouncing back and getting six points.
"It is knock-out football now, we’re very aware of that. That will throw up a few different situations no doubt tomorrow night. But, it’s a great position to be in, already it is a fantastic achievement and we’ve got to make sure we leave everything on the pitch tomorrow night," O’Brien added.
Viewers outside of the Republic of Ireland will be able to watch the game live on UEFA.com.
Watch Ireland Under-17's European Championship quarter-final with Denmark on RTÉ 2 Television and online on RTÉ Player from 6.30pm
