Whatever Northern Ireland may lack in other areas, there’s no shortage of quality available to Michael O’Neill at the heart of his defence. Robert Lewandowski and company will have to get past three Premier League defenders to score. “The three of us have played a lot of games this year against top players, so that experience is going to help us in Whatever system he uses against Poland tonight at the Stade de Nice, be it a back four or three, we can be certain Craig Cathcart, Jonny Evans and Gareth McAuley will be there in some shape or form.

Source: The Times June 11, 2016 23:00 UTC