on the fifth ofjune. the winner of that match will go to qatar in group b alongside england, usa and iran. let s just bring you an update on a story we covered on last night s programme. it concerns the northern ireland womens manager, kenny shiels, who you ll remember was criticised for saying, women are more emotional than men following the side s 5 0 defeat by england in their world cup qualifier on tuesday. he did subsequently apologise for the offence caused. well, today, the northern ireland captain, marissa callaghan, has backed shiels, saying, collectively we stand by our manager. she says. some sad news to bring you. the former colombia captain freddy rincon has died
for their second leg quarter final in lyon. he has an ankle injury, which the manager admits is a setback. it s a really big blow when you lose somebody who is a french international and a world cup winner, really important to the team, but it happens in football, you get injuries along the road and, unfortunately, kurt has an ankle sprain. scotland s delayed world cup play off semifinal with ukraine has been rescheduled for the 1st ofjune. the fixtures were postponed due to russia s invasion of ukraine. if steve clarke s side progress, they ll take on wales in the play off final in cardiff on the fifth ofjune. the winner of that match will go to qatar in group b alongside england, usa and iran. following some controversial comments from their manager this week, the northern ireland women s team says they re standing by him. insisting he s a man of integrity who has changed the game in northern ireland.