Ni Showed Great Character In Guinea Win - O'neill

O'Neill utilized nan friends against nan broadside classed 80th successful nan world arsenic a chance to springiness younger players a chance successful nan greenish and achromatic shirt.

Both Liverpool's Kieran Morrison and Arsenal's Ceadach O'Neill made their elder debuts during nan lacklustre match.

Stopper Luke Southwood besides came disconnected nan chair astatine half-time to make conscionable his 2nd appearance, successful what was nan first ever gathering betwixt nan nations.

"That was Tom [Atcheson's] first commencement and I thought he played terrific, Ciaron Brown was fantabulous successful nan backmost 3 and Ruairi McConville," Northern Ireland leader O'Neill added.

"I thought young Ceadach O'Neill did really good erstwhile he came connected and showed awesome spot to enactment connected nan ball, but it was really bully to spot nan togetherness of nan group.

"Ethan Galbraith has not played since March and Ali McCann has not played aft March and gave america a awesome displacement arsenic well. Right done nan squad, they worked really difficult to support a cleanable expanse and triumph nan game."

Northern Ireland will now recreation to Lille to look France successful their last mentation lucifer earlier nan World Cup.

O'Neill added that location will beryllium "no expectation" connected his broadside connected Monday (20:10 BST) against nan federation who beryllium 2nd successful nan Fifa rankings.

"They are surely 1 of nan awesome favourites for nan World Cup," he added.

"It will beryllium a reliable situation and a different attack from our side, we will beryllium arsenic beardown arsenic we tin beryllium from nan start.

"It is simply a awesome game, location is nary anticipation connected us, but we person to springiness a bully relationship of ourselves arsenic well."