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693: 12 October 2024

692 vs Bulgaria - 693 - 694 vs Bulgaria
12th October 2024. KO: 20:45 (local) / 19:45 (BST
2024-25 UEFA Nations League - Group C3
BELARUS (BLR) 0-0 NORTHERN IRELAND (NIR) (H/T 0-0)

Venue:
ZTE Arena, Zalaegerszeg (HUN)
Attendance: (behind closed doors)
Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan (ARM)
Assistant referees: Mesrop Ghazaryan (ARM), Artur Gdlyan (ARM)
Fourth official: Yura Mahtesyan (ARM)

NORTHERN IRELAND: (all white)
Manager: Michael O'Neill
Captain: Conor Bradley
(3-5-2) P. Charles; T. Hume, P. McNair, E. Toal _; C. Bradley, I. Price, S. Charles, G. Saville, J. Lewis; J. Reid, C. Marshall

BELARUS: (all garnet red)
Head Coach: Carlos Alos (ESP)
Captain: Sergei Politevich

Pre-Match:
Northern Ireland Squad (BBC)
Goalkeepers: Bailey Peacock-Farrell# (Birmingham City), Luke Southwood (Bolton Wanderers), Pierce Charles (Sheffield Wednesday), Christy Pym* (Mansfield Town)
Defenders: Paddy McNair (West Bromwich Albion, on loan from San Diego FC), Jamal Lewis (Sao Paulo, on loan from Newcastle United), Daniel Ballard# (Sunderland), Ciaron Brown (Oxford United), Trai Hume (Sunderland), Brodie Spencer (Huddersfield Town), Eoin Toal (Bolton Wanderers), Kofi Balmer* (Motherwell)
Midfielders: George Saville (Millwall), Jordan Thompson (Stoke City), Alistair McCann (Preston North End), Conor Bradley (Liverpool), Shea Charles (Sheffield Wednesday, on loan from Southampton), Isaac Price (Standard Liege), Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers), Ethan Galbraith (Leyton Orient), Ross McCausland (Rangers), Brad Lyons (Kilmarnock), Caolan Boyd-Munce (St Mirren).
Forwards: Josh Magennis (Exeter City), Dion Charles (Bolton Wanderers), Jamie Reid (Stevenage Town), Callum Marshall (Huddersfield Town, on loan from West Ham United), Lee Bonis* (ADO Den Haag)
* late call-ups; # withdrawn injured

Belarus Squad: (ABFF)
Goalkeepers: Pavel Pavlyuchenko (Pakhtakor, Uzbekistan), Maksim Plotnikov (Torpedo-BELAZ), Fedor Lapoukhov (Dynamo Minsk).
Defenders: Alexander Martynovich (Kairat, Kazakhstan), Denis Polyakov, Sergei Politevich, Vadim Pigas (all Dynamo-Minsk), Kirill Pechenin (Wings of the Soviets, Russia), Zakhar Volkov (Arsenal, Russia) , Sergey Karpovich, Egor Parkhomenko (both “Neman”), Pavel Zabelin (“Sokol”, Russia).
Midfielders: Vladislav Klimovich (Diosgyor, Hungary), Max Ebong (Astana, Kazakhstan), Evgeniy Yablonsky (Asteras, Greece), Nikita Korzun (Elimai, Kazakhstan), Yuri Kovalev (Baltika, Russia ), Valery Gromyko (“Kairat”, Kazakhstan), Valery Bocherov (“Ufa”, Russia), Artem Kontsevoy (“Rodina”, Russia)
Forwards: Dmitry Antilevsky (Hapoel Haifa, Israel), Maxim Kireyev (Lierse, Belgium), German Barkovsky (Dynamo Brest), Evgeniy Shikavka (Korona, Poland).

Notes:
  • Due to Belarus' involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine they are required to play games behind closed doors at a neutral venue.
  • First call-up for Christy Pym of Mansfield Town.
  • Conor Bradley was announced as captain for the first time.

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