Northern Ireland will play the first of their two end-of-season internationals on Sunday when they take on Malta. The match will take place in Klagenfurt, Austria, where Ian Baraclough’s side have held a training camp this week. Here the PA news agency takes a look at the key talking points ahead of the match. While several of them have travelled, Baraclough’s squad includes plenty of youngsters, most obviously teenaged defenders Conor Bradley and Sam McClelland. Though Malta look the easier opponents on paper Baraclough has dismissed such talk, insisting there are “no minnows” in international football any more.

Source: Express May 29, 2021 14:48 UTC