((LIVE TV)) Denmark - Northern Ireland live 16 June 2023
((LIVE TV)) Denmark - Northern Ireland live 16 June 2023
Michael O’Neill urges Northern Ireland to embrace challenge against DenmarkMichael O’Neill has told his young Northern Ireland players to embrace the challenge of taking on Denmark in Copenhagen on Friday night. O’Neill said this Euro 2024 qualifier was not only the hardest fixture on paper but the “hardest fixture full stop” as Northern Ireland travel to take on the top seeds in Group H at the always noisy Parken Stadium. Jamal Lewis has been added to an already lengthy injury list which has robbed O’Neill of half a dozen of his most experienced players, and with Shane Ferguson also out there is a shortage of left-sided players.
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com/BKbecssjKc— Northern Ireland (@NorthernIreland) June 15, 2023“I think we have to have that mindset that we’ve got everything to gain from Friday night and not fear the atmosphere but look forward to it. ”One key challenge for Northern Ireland will be limiting Manchester United midfielder Christian Eriksen’s ability to dictate play from the centre of pitch. “We understand we are dealing with a top level player here, ” O’Neill said.
“It’s brilliant seeing him back playing international football. “The days of man marking players is more difficult now but as a team we have made the midfield players in particular very aware of the Danish midfield and Christian Eriksen is the major player in that midfield. He is a hugely experienced player at international level. “I think to deal with players at that level it’s more about what we do as a collective as opposed to possibly that designated player to deal with that situation. ”Both sides come into the game nursing disappointments from the last round of fixtures in March.
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This is a hard place to play, but we’ll go with the intention of trying to find something from the game. ”The 38, 000-seater Parken Stadium can become an intimidating place for visiting teams, but while it might be unlike anything Northern Ireland’s younger players have experienced before, O’Neill does not want them to shy away. “I think they should embrace it really more than anything else, ” he said. “The message will be go out and enjoy playing in a stadium like this…“The thing I’ve enjoyed in working with the younger players is I see their attitude to the game, it’s very positive, I don’t think they’ll have a fear. “There’s a lot of self-belief and abilities in the likes of Shea Charles, Isaac Price, Conor Bradley, Trai Hume, they play in games where they’ve a lot of expectancy where they’re currently playing their football.
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