Michael O’Neill takes positives after Northern Ireland held in Belarus stalemate
Northern Ireland peppered Fedor Lapoukhov’s goal with shots in the opening 45 minutes.
Northern Ireland peppered Fedor Lapoukhov’s goal with shots in the opening 45 minutes.
The Icelander wants to find a new Aron Gunnarsson.
The Australian produced a moment of magic to claim the only touchdown of a hard-fought contest.
The 29-year-old was rejected by hometown club Cardiff and played for Bristol City and Fleetwood before achieving success under McKenna at Ipswich.
Michael O’Neill’s side had two goals ruled out and hit the post in the first half.
The visitors had a last-gasp equaliser ruled out by VAR as they lost to Croatia.
The Australian’s trademark first-half streak through a hapless Rovers rearguard proved the only try of a bruising but engaging affair.
Carsley managed the Crystal Palace defender at Under-21s level.
Ryan Christie had put the visitors on front.
Ireland opened their Group B2 account with a 2-1 victory in Finland.
The Aberdeen winger said he had combined his ‘two favourite things in one tattoo’.
The teams meet in the World Cup in Sharjah on Sunday.
Italian Sinner comfortably saw off Tomas Machac, who beat world number two Carlos Alcaraz in the last round.
The quick bowler helped settle nerves of his Durham team-mate.
The winger limped off during the loss to Greece.