Martin O'Neill's team will take on Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Euro 2016 play-offs, and when they do so they will come up against arguably the most in-form free-kick taker in European football.
Before Roma's Champions League game against Bayer Leverkusen, much of the talk surrounded the German team's midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu - widely regarded as Cristiano Ronaldo's successor as the world's best dead-ball specialist.
But Pjanic proved it's still very much up for debate with this stunner to put the Italians 3-2 up in a topsy-turvy 4-4 draw.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3Se9Y3qEyo
This was anything but a one-off, too. It's the fourth time the former Lyon man has found the net from a free-kick this season, and all four strikes were relatively similar.
Back in August he helped see off champions Juventus...
https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/638040549367255040
He followed it up with this deft effort against Carpi...
https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/647812906596233216
... before holding down the power bar a bit longer in the victory over Empoli.
https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/655471503752884224
How will the likes of John O'Shea deal with him in November?
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