Originally Posted by FMKK:
“Ukraine who created some great chances, needing a couple of top saves from Neuer and an insane clearance off the line to keep them out impressed you less than a Northern Ireland who created **** all?”
Tbf that's not what he said. Everybody recognises that NI are the weakest team in the group and knew that going into the tournament. However if we are going to pick up points anywhere it will be against Ukraine, as we stand no chance against Germany if they play like that.
We've beaten teams of a similar quality to Ukraine before, including in our own qualifying group (very similar to Hungary).
Most people writing off NI's chances are doing so on the back of one poor offensive performance. Those of us who have watched and supported them throughout this campaign and others know that what we saw today was not indicative of what the side is capable of when they are on form.
Lose or draw to Ukraine and we are out, but until then, I remain cautiously optimistic that we can beat that Ukrainian side.