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The 2012 European Championships Qualifying groups have now been drawn.

Northern Ireland have been drawn into group C with Italy, Serbia, Slovenia, Estonia and Faroe Islands.

The fixtures are yet to be announced as all four Football Associations need to agree on the order of the fixtures.

You will be able to find the fixtures on nationwidefootball.co.uk as soon as they are announced.

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Ross County manager Derek Adams believes goalkeeper Michael McGovern is certain to win a Northern Ireland call-up in the future. The 25-year-old has only been in the squad on one occasion - a February 2008 match against Bulgaria - and was not named in the panel for the friendly against Albania next Wednesday.

However, Adams has said: "Michael has just come into the [Scottish] First Division and he has been magnificent for us this season. He will have to try to force his way into the Northern Ireland squad, but he can if he continues to perform well.

"When you have a consistent squad it is hard for players to push their way in, but you never know with injuries or call-offs. Michael has to keep working at his game. He is still young."

Nigel Worthington has called into question the FIFA rules that have allowed Shane Duffy to switch allegiances from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland.

The 18-year-old worked his way through the youth ranks with Northern Ireland, but has decided to represent Giovanni Trapattoni's side at senior level.

Worthington said: "There is a loophole, where a player can walk away after a lot of time and investment has gone in. Until it's resolved, that's where we are. Shane has represented Northern Ireland all the way through from a very early age to the under-21s. I am a big admirer of Shane. I like him as a player and a lot of work has gone in with different coaches. I am disappointed with the situation as he is going to be a very good player."

Northern Ireland boss Nigel Worthington is busy putting together his ideal schedule ahead of the Euro 2012 fixtures meeting in Belgrade on March 8.

The meeting sees the fixtures finalised for the qualifying campaign, which sees Northern Ireland face Italy, Serbia, Slovenia, Estonia and Faroe Islands.

Worthington said: "I'm going to work out a format that I think would suit us before we go to the meeting

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Nigel Worthington is happy with Northern Ireland's Euro 2012 qualifying group.

Worthington's men will face world champions Italy in Group C, along with Faroe Islands, Estonia, Slovenia and Serbia.

Worthington said: "When you're a football manager you want to be tested against the best. Serbia we've played before in a friendly before and they're a very, very good team. Slovenia we've had last time round in the World Cup qualifiers so know all about them. Looking at the teams in there it'll certainly be difficult, but the one thing the Irish always do is we have the fighting spirit.

"We'll go into the campaign with great belief - we've got a good group of players who are working very hard. We've got a great team spirit and everyone's pulling in the same direction. And whilst we've got that, we've always got a chance."