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Hello and welcome to Windsor Park on a pivotal night of European

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Championship football. It's Northern Ireland against Serbia.

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Both sides chasing that crucial second place in group C. Both in

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Three points tonight is a must. Pushing as that ball goes over.

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It's in! Aaron Hughes, I thought he It's in! Aaron Hughes, I thought he

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was never going to score. That is class. We know. Match commentary

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and team news comes compliments of Jacqui Fullerton.

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The big talking point about the Northern Ireland line-up is all

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about the men missing. Lafferty and last month's Man of the Match

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McCourt both missing because of injury. Their absence is a major

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setback. On the plus side, Chris Brunt is back from sus suspension

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and he will Healy up front. Evans will be on the right. McCann on the

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left. Serbia, they're missing Manchester

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United defender Vidic but a number of good names here. Ivanovic of

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Chelsea. Midfielder Jovanovic had a spell at Liverpool. The Captain is

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Stankovic from Inter Milan. And Tosic, he had a year and a half at

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Manchester United, will help Pantelic up front. They get the

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goals in Belgrade back in March. Away we go.

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Here is an early break. McCann. Good challenge there from Steve

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Davis. It's one of those special nights at Windsor Park, both sides

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really need the win to keep their euro dreams alive. Expect a

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physical contest. Here is Stankovic. The play-maker.

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Not a bad ball from the skipper. Tosic.

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Dangerous ball in. McAuley there to deal with it. Davis was fouled on

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the way threw. Northern Ireland get the free kick. Davis, he missed the

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2-1 defeat in Serbia. But an early warning there from Stankovic, what

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uplifted that 4-0 win over the Faroe Islands, in Serbia's last

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qualifier that was in March, they they're favourites tonight, they've

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four wins in the last 12. They've no wins in their last four. They've

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scored only two goals in their last four games. Who knows? Virtually a

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sellout crowd of 15,500 at Windsor Park to see it. No Serbian fans, of

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course, they're banned after the trouble their fans caused in Italy

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a few months ago. He had to go through on the challenge. Again it

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was Ninkovic. Baird, he did well and then he made a little mistake.

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Chance for the Serbs and Stankovic to put Northern Ireland on the back

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foot. Skipper decides to leave it. It's given away. Healy, he's had to

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come deep. No way around Kolarov, the man from Man City.

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Northern Ireland, you could get 13- 5 the Serbs 6-5. Their coach, a

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former Arsenal player, he said I think tongue in cheek, his team

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were the underdogs tonight. It's all mind games, isn't it? Get it

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not play well in the first half, but they regrouped, they changed

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tactics and won the game in the Brings a save from the keeper.

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Chris Brunt has yet to score, well he has got one goal, in fact. He

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hasn't scored in this campaign. He well. Evans finds Baird. Back to

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Hughes, has to go long. Ninkovic. Here he is again. Jovanovic, the

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man who had a dreadful time at Liverpool. Causing problems for

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Northern Ireland. He hits it, oh, it's off the bar! It took a

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deflection. He's disappointed. He was unlucky, as well. That could

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have been screaming into the top corner, but for a little deflection.

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I think we will see it here. Jovanovic, on to his left foot.

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There is the deflection, off Aaron Hughes. Just there.

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skipper. Pantelic. Stankovic couldn't pick up on it. Good run by

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the skipper. He's got one goal in these championships and he's

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winning his 99th Tonight, the 32- year-old from Inter. He's had a

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long successful career. There is the great play. But a woeful finish,

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it has to be said. He will not want Johnny Evans. Hughes. Good pressure

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from the Serbs. And Healy doesn't have too much chance for the long

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He is now with CSKA Moscow after a poor stint at Old Trafford. Took a

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deflection again but Camp no problems. He has plenty of problems

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at club level at the minute, Lee Camp at Nottingham Forest, they've

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made a poor start in the championship. Chris Brunt. We need

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him to see more of the ball to weave a bit of his left-footed

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magic. Tosic. He is a tricky too much of the number nine but

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Northern Ireland will be happy about that. Here is Tosic. He gets

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a corner. Evans did well. He knew he was behind him. The man from

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Manchester United thawarts the man ball comes in, the keeper got there.

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It falls to Stankovic. Just couldn't keep it down. A little

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rueful smile there. He has had a couple of chances. He has

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squandered a couple of chances. This really isn't a chance but it

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will have been a very good goal had he kept it down. Funny enough,

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being a goalkeeper, Lee Camp will be enjoying this, they like to be

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kept busy, strut their stuff. He has had a couple of good saves

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already, Lee Camp. But he is Danger here. Oh! Just over. Well,

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Lee Camp, his heart must have been pounding then. I am not sure he

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made the right decision to come out when he did. McAuley with a haunted

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look. Does the keeper come, does he stay? He was in no-man's-land and

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the striker did well but just couldn't lob it beneath the

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crossbar. this wet night, as the rain comes

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of the evening. Frank Foley, Grant McCann has not been but so far in

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Evans putting his body on the line. -- block. Real danger again for the

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home team. Johnny events, brave as you like, to keep it away from Lee

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds

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staff, it has been a reigning all that was required. The Northern

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Ireland crowd quiet for a moment. They realise their team are second

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best at the moment, without Northern Ireland players are less

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than happy with that challenge. -- might be at be king. -- a booking.

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It is a yellow card. The crowd were wanting a red card. It was a very

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awkward challenge. Healy was putting his head down. Brave as you

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like, David Healy, but he felt that, no question. Was he fortunate not

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to get a red? In injury time at the end of this first half, into the

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Serbian half, that a ball goes forward. It would be a good time to

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score. But not with a finish like referee. The chances have all come

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to Serbia. Johnny Evans, a couple of tremendous blocks. Northern

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Ireland have been strong in defence, in attack and non-existent. At

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half-time, it is Nell Tunnell. -- 1964, the debut, along with the

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George Best, against Wales. His final cap, 12th June, 1986, beaten

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by Brazil in the World Cup finals on his 43rd birthday. Another

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he will have planned it. He has had to rally his troops. Those fans are

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doing their best. It is a very poor night, weather Wise. How will it

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end up at result wise? It is looking ominous, but stranger

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things have happened in football. Second half under way. 45 crucial

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Serbs. Northern Ireland will be grateful they are not getting that

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here. This is good for Northern Ireland, it is very good, but not

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good enough. Healy was there, but good ball, but not quite. Healey

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and branches are left wondering first team games at Old Trafford

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds

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a link-up with a D Evans boys. Johnny on the plank, Corry Evans in

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not get up highly enough. It has been a bright start to this half by

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Evans and Corry Evans will miss the game in Estonia. He had already

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been booked so that will add to Nigel Worthington's problems. The

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21-year-old is out of the game in themselves out of trouble and there

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may well be trouble for Northern Ireland but Johnny Evans is there

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once again. Having a solid game. Just shows you what a regular place

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for Manchester United in the how, but it is more encouragement.

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Lovely stuff from him again, that encouraged by the start to the

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second half, without question. That was a bit slack there from Grant

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That idea took a deflection or it is a very good save. -- that I

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there took a deflection. -- either. He would have been proud of that.

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Northern Ireland is have enjoyed in nice spell of pressure in that the

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds

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Serbian half. They are now having hear the buzz around Windsor Park.

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I think he might be aware that his side had slipped back a little back.

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He is about to make a change, I what has happened here. Pantelic

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has done it. 10th international goal. He scored one against

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Northern Ireland in Belgrade. And here, it is a sword through

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Northern Ireland's heart. It put Serbia won the Nell in front 25

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minutes into this second half. -- 1-nil. He took his time. Steve

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Davis will not want to see this believe it, either. It is up hell

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now. -- uphill. Even the goal has not silenced the Northern Ireland

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Jovanovic. Great save by Lee Camp. Well done. That number one. Give

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skwrof I don't have top marks, lovely skill. Tremendous finish.

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Great reflexes from Lee Camp. Johnny Evans is booked. The two

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Evans brothers both booked, both miss Estonia on Tuesday night. This

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result will be hard to take. So Nigel Worthington getting a new

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contract, it's already been offered. There'll be talks about that and

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his future, I am sure, over the next few months. Plenty of debate

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amongst the administerors and the supporters. Didn't fall for Baird.

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The referee brings it to an end. You can see the disappointment

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there. Petrovic will take the three points. Look at the delight for the

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Serbians. There's the man that got the goal, Pantelic. He gave it away,

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sadly. Not a night to remember for Steve Davis, not a night for

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Northern Ireland to remember. Serbia, they're back in the mix in

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the group. But the finals, surely, for those fans, have dropped off

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the radar for Northern Ireland. Final score in this group C

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qualifier, a very disappointing Northern Ireland 0, Serbia 1.

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got to bear in mind they're a very good side, they're in the top 20.

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The players and the clubs they're at, they can interchange. We found

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it hard dealing with that the first half but got the players in and

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settled down and twaebged one or two things and had a go at it in

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the second half and I am delighted for the players because they

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deserved that. We have to concentrate on the last three games

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and pick up as many points as we can and hope a couple of other

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teams drop some and we can still find ourselves in it. But can't

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fault the effort tonight. First half they showed how good they were.

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But we stuck together, we kept a good shape. We went out second half

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and had a lot of the ball and and unfortunate with the goal, one of

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those things and they hit us with that sort of counterattack goal. We

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are disappointed but there's a lot of positives we can take tonight

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but at the end of the day we have lost and that's the disappointing

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thing. As far as the two yellow cards, from Corry's point of view,

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he was on a booking, got a second. Johnny, got away with it a few

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moments earlier, and I thought he was going to sail through but he

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had another flick at the player and got cautioned, so that's

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frustration and again Johnny is young. I thought he had a fantastic

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game tonight and he will learn from that. So, didn't help our situation

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on Tuesday. But that's a game of football, you deal with it and meet

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it head on and that's what we will do. We will do our best, as we

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always do and I am 100% behind them, the players are a fantastic group.

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They give their all for the Northern Ireland and that's all I

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as a manager can ask them to do and results overall have been top-class

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from our point of view. So, disappointment tonight, and in this

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game it's how quickly you get over the disappointment and bounce back.

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A check on the results this much at Windsor Park ends with

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Northern Ireland failing to deliver and it would appear that

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qualification is now all but gone. Joining me former international

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Captain Jim McGilton. It does look very much like the game is up?

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I think so. Tonight was a big night and three points will have been so

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pressure going into next week's game so yeah, it's huge

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disappointment. And you look to that and you go to Estonia now,

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Estonia having won this evening on a high and you take them back here

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and it's away to Italy. That in itself is sa different run-in.

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is. They knew that before that. They knew tonight, that's why

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tonight was so important. So, they'll go back and reflect and

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obviously they'll go and have a go against Estonia and try and win the

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game. They're going to have to win all three. Back to early doors in

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the game itself, the opening chance, it fell to Chris Brunt. You were

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screaming in the terraces here. Play Healy in, it did look if he

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did it could have been an early goal. It was a great passage of

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play. If he had gone across the keeper maybe the keeper had to make

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a save, I know David was on top of it. I felt he didn't really see him.

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That was a promising start and thought they could build on that.

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There were warning signs. They hit the woodwork and Kolarov produces a

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great great save from Lee Camp, Camp one of the highlights. He was

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the sponsored Man of the Match. Serbia controlled large chunks of

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play, kept possession of the football. I thought Northern

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Ireland gave the ball away cheaply at times and that's not like them.

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They did have little patches in the game but overall you have to say

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that Serbia probably deserved to win the game. Second half they came

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out, they are rejuvenated. Johnny Evans breaks down the left, sends

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in a great ball. Young Corry on the end of it, we were all thinking 1-0.

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That was probably their best passage of play and a great ball,

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brother to brother. I am sure they've done that many times. He

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just didn't time it properly, that was a glorious chance. At this

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level and them chances come along, you have to score. The second one

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came just down the line. Chris Brunt, beautiful ball, 60, 70 yards.

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Healy on the end of it, when he gets the cross it breaks for Brunt,

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his shot charged down, but it was a chance. It was a chance. Again a

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great, great pass. He makes the ground up. He does everything right.

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Keeps the ball down. I am sure when he hits it he thinks he is going to

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score. Serbia defended that particularly well. Both the Evans

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boys misthe Estonia game. McCourt probably out and Lafferty too. It

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isn't good. No, and the manager, this is where he is going to earn

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his corn, he is going to have to lift a group of players

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disappointed. They know tonight that was maybe qualification for

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another major event gone. The goal, we have to get to it. Steven Davis,

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who is a quality player, he just seemed to switch off. Curtains.

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Very disappointing for him personally, because I thought he

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played very well in the game. It was just one of them lapses of

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concentration that cost you and again at this level you can't

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afford to give top-class players that opportunity. He finishes it

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well. But the very least they deserve was a draw tonight and we

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gifted them a goal. Fans getting on Nigel's back this evening, do you

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feel that's harsh given you looked at the bench and there's not a lot

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there. You have to acknowledge resources are limited. I think it's

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harsh because you lose two quality players from any squad, with

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Lafferty and McCourt it's going to hurt and it hurt tonight. OK. There

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were, of course, a series of important games played in Europe

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this evening. Let's check on a for Northern Ireland is Estonia.

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Can they pick themselves up? The match will be live on Tuesday

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evening on BBC Radio Ulster from 7.00pm. On a pivotal evening of

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European Championship park here in Windsor Park Northern Ireland come

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