Euro 2016 - Group C - Ukraine vs N.I. 5 pm, TV3 & ITV

Mr.Nice Guy

5:00pm Thursday 16th June
Stade des Lumieres, Lyon

No word on the line-ups just yet.

Both sides are looking for their first win having lost their opening games. You would think Michael O'Neill's side need to win to have any chance of qualifying, seeing as Germany are their final group opponents.

Thoughts on the result? I'm thinking 1-0 to Ukraine.

Bret Hart

0-0 draw please.

Mr.Nice Guy

Lafferty dropped.

NI team

McGovern; Hughes, Cathcart, McAuley, J Evans; C Evans, Davis, Norwood; Ward, Washington, Dallas.

Unearthly

Should be a better performance this time by Northern Ireland, no option but to get a result today

Nalz

Bret Hart wrote: »

0-0 draw please.

why?

Unearthly

Nalz wrote: »

why?

Presume it helps with 3rd place qualification if they both only get a point and no goals from 3 games

Mr.Nice Guy

Ukraine team

Pyatov; Fedetskiy, Khacheridi, Rakitskiy, Shevchuk; Sydorchuk, Stepanenko; Yarmolenko, Kovalenko, Konoplyanka; Seleznyov

Saw this in The Guardian:

Another surprise is the selection of Aaron Hughes at right back. The 36-year-old is without a club following his release by Melbourne City and will be up against Ukraine’s impressive winger Yevhan Konoplyanka on his 101st appearance for Northern Ireland.

galwaylad14

Draw please. Northern Ireland look to be the worst team in the tournament but hopefully they can get a draw here and hopefully Poland beat Ukraine in the last game. Germany will hockey Northern Ireland in their last game.

brianregan09

Hope the north can do something here, But Ukraine were so impressive against the germans i simply can't see it

SantryRed

Back Ukraine here at 8/11. NI are being completely overrated in the bookies.

AllGunsBlazing

Ukraine to break them down late on.

awec

Dunno what MON is at tbh.

GreNoLi

Win, lose or draw, Norn Iron are certain to come away with a result.

cameramonkey

Lovely singing by the Irish.

Ishmael

national anthem of Ukraine is God save the queen?

Francie Barrett

Let's go Ukraine!

AllGunsBlazing

A lot of empty seats.

Ishmael

Is Shevchenko the sub goalkeeper? or is that a different Shevchenko?

super_furry

Can't believe the amount of empty seats.

monkey9

The first four minutes have been Northern Ireland's best of the tournament so far.

awec

super_furry wrote: »

Can't believe the amount of empty seats.

60k seats in the stadium, too big for this fixture. UEFA clearly struggled with the neutral sales.

DanielODonnell

I would love to know what goes on in McGovern and Hughes head, I live near his town and I know only half the community are supporting them, I wonder how they justify it in their aboriginal minds.

AllGunsBlazing

Youri in attendance!

namloc1980

super_furry wrote: »

Can't believe the amount of empty seats.

They were selling Category 1 and 2 tickets on uefa.com for this for €25/20 last night. That's about a quarter the normal price. Not too many bothered it would seem.

monkey9

DanielODonnell wrote: »

I would love to know what goes on in McGovern and Hughes head, I live near his town and I know only half the community are supporting them, I wonder how they justify it in their aboriginal minds.

What's their story?

awec

Better than the last match so far anyway!

AllGunsBlazing

awec wrote: »

Better than the last match so far anyway!

Ye went with a must not lose policy last time around which was counter productive. Looking to make things happen here.

Bret Hart

Nice.

davycc

the wind and rain is bucketing down now should feel like a home match for the north !!

come on ukraine:D

Stevecw

Looking very 0-0, hope it stays that way for our chances of 3rd & for my bet

Stevecw

Stevecw wrote: »

Looking very 0-0, hope it stays that way for our chances of 3rd & for my bet

Be shocked absolutely shocked if this ends 0-0, draw no good to either team

Grandeeod

NI in a different frame of mind this game. If they play attacking football and get a result, I certainly wouldn't begrudge it to them.

super_furry

Yarmolenko is such a talent. Northern Ireland are going to have their work cut out to stop him.

Officer999

super_furry wrote: »

Can't believe the amount of empty seats.

Apparently the stadium is miles outside Lyon and in the middle of nowhere

Agent Smith

Versus



Ukraine to win 2-1

Mec27

again all the matches are playing out the same.

Francie Barrett

'We're Not Brazil We're Northern Ireland'

Never been more true - this is sh1te.

SantryRed

Mec27 wrote: »

again all the matches are playing out the same.

What does this mean?

Stevecw

Officer999 wrote: »

Apparently the stadium is miles outside Lyon and in the middle of nowhere

No this stadium is actually bang in the middle of Lyon, the old one was a bit of a trek from the city alrite. Just not an attractive game for neutrals

super_furry

Very, very scrappy but that will suit Northern Ireland. They've done well to keep the Ukraine wide men out of the game.

Irish_rat

A win for Ukraine would make the last game a shoot out with Poland which would be fun. In reality both of these sides playing now have no chance of progressing. Poor quality on show

namloc1980

Stevecw wrote: »

No this stadium is actually bang in the middle of Lyon, the old one was a bit of a trek from the city alrite. Just not an attractive game for neutrals

11km from the city centre according to Google. It is on a tram line though.

namloc1980

North are very limited. Ukraine don't look like they have the ability to get in behind them however.

awec

OMG Evans stick your foot out. :mad:

Stevecw

namloc1980 wrote: »

11km from the city centre according to Google. It is on a tram line though.

Well yeah a lot handier to get to than the old Lyon stadium. That took metros & buses. A direct tram to it.

AllGunsBlazing

SantryRed wrote: »

What does this mean?

In that all games are starting with two sides consisting of 11 men with the sole intention of putting the ball in the opposition net. I think.

Francie Barrett

Ukraine seem to think this is a friendly.

AndyBoBandy

Iron are having their fair share of chances!! They really need to be converting some!!

Officer999

Stevecw wrote: »

No this stadium is actually bang in the middle of Lyon, the old one was a bit of a trek from the city alrite. Just not an attractive game for neutrals

Bang in the middle?? It's on the east side of the city located next to the motorway

Francie Barrett

Ukraine went from the opposition box to passing back to the keeper there. Shocking. Northern Ireland won't get too many chances better than this.

armaghlad

I'm surprised at Ukraine. Really thought they'd be wanting to turn the screw on this one. 5 changes by Michael O'Neill, most managers wouldnt be so bold but it's paying off so far. NI the better side so far.