Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill feels the playing surface at the Stadion Hristo Botev was as poor as he had seen in 'a long time' after his side were beaten by Bulgaria in the Nations League.
Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill felt the playing surface at the Stadion Hristo Botev was as poor as he had seen "in a long time" after his side were beaten 1-0 by Bulgaria in the Nations League.
In a game of few opportunities, the pitch in Plovdiv appeared to make moving the ball difficult for both sides.He added: "It's not an excuse because it's the same for the Bulgarian players, but that's as poor a pitch as we've had in a long time. But they were undone in Plovdiv when Peacock-Farrell rolled a misplaced pass in the direction of Daniel Ballard only to see Aleksandar Kolev nip in and square for Despodov to tap into the empty net.
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