Northern Ireland U21 bossTommy Wright says his players will 'give everything they can' against a formidable England side on Friday night.
Northern Ireland Under-21 manager Tommy Wright says his players "should embrace the challenge" of facing European champions England in their Uefa Euro 2025 U21 qualifier at Ballymena Showgrounds on Friday night.
Northern Ireland's qualification hopes have ended as they are fourth in the group with two wins and four defeats from their six outings."We were looking through their squad and we reckoned it was worth about three quarters of a billion, with a lot of Premier League players and the Bundesliga and the top end of the Championship in England.
"Since then we’ve put in two good performances, even though we lost to Czechia, and an excellent performance against Serbia.
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