Northern Ireland v Czech Republic

HAPPY KYLE

IS KEEN TO M

CONTRIBUTIO

Michael O’Neill’s troops held their nerve

to not only make it to France but top

their qualifying group.

And when the pressure was on to

get results against Faroe Islands and

Hungary two years ago they produced

the goods and went on to write their

name in the history books.

Fast forward to now and, while the

scenario is slightly different with

Germany almost certainly topping the

group with Northern Ireland fighting

it out for a play-off place, if anything

the performances in the World Cup

qualifying campaign have been even

more convincing.

Kyle Lafferty believes the experience of qualifying for Euro 2016

will stand Northern Ireland in good stead in the coming months.

Words:

Mark McIntosh, The Sun