Northern Ireland succumb to fifth successive defeat in KazakhstanIan Parker, PA, AstanaNorthern Ireland’s Euro 2024 qualifying misery continued as they fell to a 1-0 defeat to Kazakhstan after the long trip to Astana. Northern Ireland can only envy the progress of a side ranked 40 places below them, with this Kazakhstan’s fourth win in Group H, keeping them in the thick of the qualification fight. Having survived the danger, Northern Ireland contrived to miss the best chance of the night before half-time. Jordan Jones replaced Kennedy and Northern Ireland began to build pressure after the hour. Northern Ireland kept Kazakhstan pegged back for most of the final 20 minutes, but as has been the case too many times, the clear chance they needed to equalise proved elusive.

Source: Irish Independent September 10, 2023 17:53 UTC