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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."
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