Michael O’Neill expects to face the defense of northern Ireland with other hairy examination on Tuesday friendly Sweden In Stockholm.
O’Neill took the encouragement from Friday 1-1 draw Switzerland At home, it does not seem excessive against nation ranked 20 with a young side. In the world. Even if Switzerland has dominated possession, it was Northern Ireland who were hit first and who probably had better chances.
Sweden will be a different challenge, not the least because of the attacking caliber in their ranks. Although Sporting’s Viktor Gyokes and Tottenham Dejan Kulusevski are not outside, they still have the love of Newcastle Star Alexander IsaacNottingham Forest Anthony Elanga and Spurs Youngster Lucas Bergwall.
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“I think people would be surprised given a player of a player who gave Sweden to play at the League C”, said O’Neill. “They obviously had a difficult campaign before they find themselves at that level.
“But I think they have a wave of attacking players now who all play on a good level … they have good players and will be a test for us. But players should get confidence from (Friday) and seize it on Tuesday …
“We’ll probably have to be very disciplined and very dogless balls. But we must be able to transport and threat in the game.”
O’Neill said he would look like to refresh his side for another match of the window, but he admitted that he had only so many ways to do it on the side.
Debotula gave two of the four previous undamaged players in their detachment while Jamie Donley and Terry Devlin dated the bench, with Ronan Hale and Kofi Balmer still waiting for the opportunity.
O’Neill stuck with a teenager Pierseell Charles, but he said before this window that the danger Conor deserved the opportunity to be given his recent Plymouth shape.
“We don’t have the ability to change the team drastically, we make seven changes and we expect the team to be strong,” O’Neill said. “We need to look at refresh in key areas.
“We ask the awful lot of our attack, when your attackers must do a lot of work without a ball. We might have to refresh and have some opportunities there.
“But again we are slightly disrupted in the back of the defenders we miss. We want to stay strong.”