Ian Baraclough says he is keen to use Thursday's friendly against Ukraine to show Northern Ireland are capable of competing with the best sides in Europe.
Ukraine v Northern Ireland: Match preview
Northern Ireland are expecting Ukraine to be firing on all cylinders when they face them in a challenge match in Dnipro tonight.
Ukraine are off to the Euros later this month and Ian Baraclough and his players reckon they will want to head to the tournament with a spring in their step.
It was only confirmed yesterday that - due to an easing of Covid restrictions by the Ukrainian government - the game at the Dnipro Arena will not be behind closed doors as planned but will in fact be played in front of 15,000 fans (7 o’clock kick-off UK time).
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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