Magennis targets 100 caps as World Cup game loomsImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Josh Magennis made his Northern Ireland debut in May 2010ByBrent PilnickBBC Sport EnglandPublished15 minutes agoJosh Magennis says he is dreaming of winning 100 caps for Northern Ireland as he prepares for their World Cup play-off in Italy.The 35-year-old Exeter City striker is one of his country’s most experienced players with 86 caps so far and is relishing the game in Bergamo on Thursday.
Should Northern Ireland win, they would travel to face either Wales or Bosnia and Herzegovina in a one-off match the following Tuesday with World Cup qualification at stake.
“I think the motivation for me, whether that’s scoring 15 goals in one season, playing every single minute of one game, it’s to get 100 caps,” he told BBC Radio Devon.
“The only way to do that is perform at Exeter and try and do well. But I’m still chasing that, whether I attain that or not, that’s not up to me, but that will always be my motivation.
“If I don’t attain that it would be absolutely criminal of me to have any ill feeling because I’ve had 80-odd caps before that that have been absolutely sensational and every one of those have meant the world to me and more.
“So for me when I say I want to get the 100, it’s not because I want to guarantee and nail it on, it’s just it’s just my it’s my motivation to just do what I want to do and what I need to do.”
