Michael O’Neill salutes Northern Ireland’s five-star showing against BulgariaBy Ian Parker, PAMichael O’Neill savoured a “special night” after watching his young Northern Ireland side thrash Bulgaria 5-0 in an outstanding display that sent them top of their Nations League group. After the frustration of Saturday night’s goalless draw against Belarus in Hungary, when Northern Ireland created chance after chance but could not make them count, everything came together at Windsor Park. “When you create chances in the game there’s nights when you don’t take them and nights when you do and we were very clinical,” O’Neill said. “But it was more the quality of the play and the nature of the chances again which was most pleasing. This is a game at a different level of international competition and we have to be mindful of that.

Source: Irish Independent October 16, 2024 20:30 UTC