Northern Ireland coach Michael O’Neillsaid his team needs “to make sure that we bring the ugly side of the game” against Ukraine on Thursday. “What we didn’t do well the other night[1-0 loss to Poland] was the ugly part of the game,” he said, “and that’s something that we generally always do well.
“And when I say ugly, I don’t mean ‘out with the rules,’ of course, I meanjust in terms of the level of competitiveness, because I think what we have seen is that every game of the tournament to date has been extremely competitive.”