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Northern Ireland suffer narrow defeat to Andriy Shevchenko s Ukraine
Oleksandr Zubkov netted the winner after only 10 minutes. By Press Association Thursday 3 Jun 2021, 9:47 PM 1 hour ago 1,043 Views 0 Comments
Ukraine s Oleksandr Zubkov, left, celebrates with Roman Yaremchuk after scoring.
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SECOND-HALF chances went unrewarded as Northern Ireland fell to a 1-0 friendly defeat against Ukraine on Thursday night.
After Oleksandr Zubkov highlighted a strong Ukrainian start with a 10th-minute goal it looked as though the hosts might cruise to a big win, but they spent much of the second half on the back foot as Northern Ireland gave Andriy Shevchenko plenty to think about going into Euro 2020.
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