Steve Staunton says Ireland need a win from their away tie in Cyprus next month if they are to stand any chance of qualifying for the Euro 2008.

The former Liverpool and Ireland defender had come under fire following a 4-0 home trashing at the hands of Holland in mid-August.

His players responded with a better performance against Germany, losing just 1-0, yet Staunton feels the pressure has not eased.

"There is pressure with every job," he stressed. "If you don't win games there is pressure with it. You just have to take it and get on with it.

"We have to go to Cyprus and win and that is all we can do. We have to get a win really if we are going to do anything in this group.

"We have to work on our attacking play. We just have to have the confidence to go to the next level where we go and pass the ball better."

Staunton will have to watch from the stands on October 2nd after he picked up a one-match ban for some unruly behaviour during the match in Stuttgart. However, he does not expect his absence to hamper his side, though he admits regret over the incident which saw him dismissed by referee Luis Medina Cantalejo, after he kicked a bottle of water in anger.

"Of course I regret it," Staunton said at the Fifa World Cup Symposium in Berlin. "It was a silly thing to do. It was just my frustration on the night. I felt my players had done enough to get a point for us. The lads put in a strong, good performance.

"(But) I learned from it. It has happened, it is gone, it's history and there is nothing I can do about it. I got the one-match ban and I just have to get on with it.

"I'll be there to train them for the three or four days that we've got them and in the end there is not a lot I can do anyway once they cross that white line. So I am expecting another strong, positive performance."

The Aston Villa player was impressed by Germany's 13-0 demolition of San Marino - but does not consider the three-time World Cup winners invincible.

"Every team can be beaten," he stated. "We put it up to the Germans, particularly in the first half, and I think it shocked them a little bit.

"They are a very strong team and they are on a roll. Once you get a roll going of winning games you feel invincible and that is where the Germans are at this moment of time."

Staunton's return to Germany is to allow him to participe in a Fifa/Uefa coaching workshop.

"It is fantastic for my development to come here and you've got all the top coaches in the world," he added. "I can only learn from them, their ideas and whatnot. Hopefully over the next couple of days I will pick up a few points."