Northern Ireland v Slovakia

CONTENTS

TEAMS

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PRESIDENT’S WELCOME

IAN BARACLOUGH PATRICK NELSON 7 NORTHERN IRELAND SQUAD 14 INTERVIEW: NIALL McGINN 16 DID YOU KNOW? 20 THE OPPONENTS - SLOVAKIA 31 SLOVAKIA SQUAD 32 FACTFILE SLOVAKIA 34 INTERVIEW: PADDY McNAIR 36 INTERNATIONAL RECORD 45 MASCOTS 58

Irish Football Association President David Martin Deputy President Jack Grundie

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Liam Boyce celebrates with his Northern Ireland team-mates in Sarajevo after scoring the winning spot kick in the penalty shootout victory in the Euro 2020 Path B play-off last four encounter with Bosnia and Herzegovina last month.