San Marino are hopeful Northern Irelands unfamiliar role as favourites for Saturdays World Cup qualifier can play into their hands, according to manager Pierangelo Manzaroli. Having never won a competitive game in their history, the microstate have arrived in Belfast as a clear underdog against a country who earlier this year pieced together a record 12-match unbeaten sequence.The gulf between the two nations would not have been considered so great not so long ago, but Michael ONeill has elevated his current squad, ensuring that anything other than a comfortable home victory at the weekend will be viewed with shock. Northern Ireland went 12 games unbeaten recently, with a 0-0 draw against Slovakia taking them to that mark However, those expectations have not always translated to results, as they showed with defeats to Luxembourg and Azerbaijan in the previous World Cup qualification process.Northern Ireland play well when the big team try to attack and has a good counter-attack, Manzaroli noted.When Northern Ireland try to resolve the match with possession, maybe they have a lot of difficulty. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. I think Northern Ireland have a good generation of players. After Germany, they can try to compete with the Czech Republic and Norway for qualification.We know a lot of the game will be played in our half. We must do defensively well and try to counter-attack every time.We believe in our dream, in our chance. The last match against Azerbaijan was good. 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The Pelicans led 26-24 after a quarter of play, and the Pacers took a 44-40 advantage into the locker room at halftime. Game Notes C.J. Miles and Watson went for 11 and 10 points, respectively, in the win ... Indiana scored 18 points off turnovers ... The Pacers shot 50 percent from the floor and limited the opposition to 39.8 percent shooting ... New Orleans held a 46-38 rebounding edge. ' ' '