Michael O’Neill wants his Northern Ireland side to pile the pressure on Holland by beating Belarus in Tuesday’s Euro 2020 qualifier in Borisov. Michael O’Neill wants Northern Ireland to put pressure on Holland (Niall Carson/PA)“The most important thing for us was to try and not drop points in any of these four games because obviously we have to assume the Netherlands and Germany won’t drop points,” O’Neill said. “As Estonia showed the other night, Belarus will look at this game as one they potentially could win,” he said. Northern Ireland arrived in Belarus to find similar weather, but with kick-off on Tuesday not until 9.45pm things should have cooled off considerably. “The ability to have 12 points after four games will be a big achievement and put us in a strong position.

Source: Irish Examiner June 10, 2019 17:48 UTC