Northern Ireland take on the visitors Greece in the round 1 match in League C of UEFA Nations League. The match will be played on Thursday, June 2nd at Windsor Park (Belfast).
Northern Ireland fails to repeat its 2016 peak. The "Green-White Army" has always had and still has a rather limited personnel potential. But Michael O'Neal was able to pick up a fairly combat-ready option, with a pragmatic style of play and a bet on standards. The peak was the participation in the Euro, where even, thanks to the victory over Ukraine, it was possible to qualify from the group. But then the rivals also studied the team's style of play and its trump cards, and they often had no luck with the lot. However, the Nortairish themselves often did not shine, for example, having taken off from Division B of the League of Nations in the last cycle. Against this background, in the qualification for the World Cup last year, Baraclow's wards showed themselves worthy: they scored 9 points and outperformed Bulgaria in the table.
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Greece has long been unable to return to its usual level. The Hellenes, of course, experienced their main triumph under Otto Reehhagel in 2004, when they won the Euro sensationally. Then they didn’t repeat such a triumph even close, but, having missed the 2006 World Cup, they then took part in 4 tournaments in a row, until 2014. But then there were outright failures. Including in the framework of last year's qualification, but there, however, there were very difficult opponents, Spain and Sweden. So 10 points in 8 fights was a not bad result. Especially since van't Schip doesn't have particularly bright stars at his disposal now. Who should be singled out among the Greeks now - Vlakhomas, Tsimikas, Bakasetas? By the way, now in the clip there will be no such important players as Stafilidis, Papadopoulos, Retsos, Pelkas, Tsiolis.
In the selection for the triumphant Euro 2004, the Greeks won both matches. But before their peak in 2016, Northern Ireland answered the same way, winning in every match by 2 goals. It is not in vain that bookmakers consider this pair as equal. They play pragmatically and most likely the first goal will be decisive. So it's worth looking at "under 2.0 goals"
Prediction for the match: Under 2.0 scored goals.
