In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].

[Q]: It is the game which, ultimately, could define the success or otherwise of Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane’s expensive Republic of Ireland tenure. Installed amid much fanfare 18 months ago, £1million-per-year O’Neill and his assistant Keane – with a £600,000 salary - were given a remit of qualification for Euro 2016, a task made easier by the expansion to a 24-team format. Defeat against Poland at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday, however, would all but render redundant any hope of automatic progression to next summer’s finals in France. It would be they and Scotland left to do battle for the play-off berth.Ireland play Poland in a Euro 2016 qualifier at the Aviva Stadium on SundayMartin O'Neill's side are three points behind group leaders PolandThe Ireland manager has been criticised for failing to make an impactO'Neill acknowledges significance of the game in relation to qualification 
 Question:The _ players are out through their paces in preparation for the Euro 2016 clash.
[A]: Republic of Ireland


[Q]: A holidaymaker who suffered agonising face, arm and leg injuries on one of the world's tallest water slides has now split with his partner as he no longer think he's attractive. Jamie Norman, 28, from Manchester, sustained the horrific scarring following an accident on the 60mph VertiGo slide in Aqualandia in Benidorm, Spain. The father-of-two and his partner, Vicki Holbrook, 30, thought the worst was over when they returned home to the UK after the incident – but the accident caused stress and rows and led to the couple separating. 'The accident itself was bad enough. Jamie was bleeding heavily and covered in injuries,' Vicki said. 'But after we got home, and his wounds healed, he just couldn't forget it.Jamie Norman suffered injuries on VertiGo slide in Aqualandia in BenidormThe 28-year-old plummeted down the 60mph slide into the waterEx-partner Vicki Holbrook, 30, said he is 'self conscious' about scars 
 Question:Recalling the troubling incident _ said: 'I could hear a funny clunking sound as the trap door opened and I realised in panic there was something wrong - but there was nothing I could do about it.
[A]: Jamie Norman


[Q]: (CNN) The man suspected of stabbing a police officer at a Michigan airport was denied a gun purchase in the Flint area within the last five days because he's not from the United States, a law enforcement source told CNN on Thursday. Amor Ftouhi, 49, a citizen of Canada and Tunisia, has been charged with violence at an international airport, officials said. The FBI is investigating Wednesday's stabbing at Flint's Bishop International Airport as a terrorist act. Authorities said Ftouhi yelled "Allahu akbar" -- "God is the greatest" in Arabic -- and pulled a roughly 12-inch knife with an 8-inch serrated blade and stabbed Lt. Jeff Neville in the neck. Neville is expected to be released from the hospital this weekend.Doctors expect hospitalized officer to be released sometime this weekendSuspect traveled to US legally by car at Lake Champlain, New York, FBI says 
 Question:"I think it's sufficient to say he has a hatred for the _ and a variety of other things, which in part motivated him toward coming to the airport (Wednesday) to conduct this act of violence," the FBI special agent said.
[A]:
United States