622: 2 June 2017

621 vs Norway - 622 - 623 vs Azerbaijan

International Challenge Match

2nd June 2017. KO 19:45 BST

NORTHERN IRELAND (NIR) 1-0 NEW ZEALAND (NZL) (H/T 1-0)

Venue:	National Stadium at Windsor Park, Belfast	(Adidas)	(Nike)
Attendance:	16,815
Referee:	Laurent Kopriwa (LUX)
Assistant Referees:	David Mateus Santos (LUX) Daniel Da Costa (LUX)
Fourth Official:	Alain Durieux (LUX)
Goalscorers:	NIR Boyce 6

NORTHERN IRELAND			(3-5-2)	Sub	Cap		NEW ZEALAND			Sub
1	McGovern, Michael		Norwich City	-84	21		1	Marinovic, Stefan
6	Flanagan, Tom		Burton Albion		1		5	Boxall, Michael
5	Evans, Jonathan ©		West Brom		60		22	Durante, Andrew _
18	Hughes, Aaron		Hearts		105		20	Smith, Tommy
2	McLaughlin, Conor		Fleetwood T.		25		18	Colvey, Kip		-63
14	Dallas, Stuart		Leeds United	-74	21		15	Lewis, Clayton		-45
11	Brunt, Chris		West Brom	-45	58		8	McGlinchey, Michael
16	Norwood, Oliver		Brighton &HA		45		14	Ryan Thomas		-79
17	Lund, Matthew		Burton Albion	-45	3		17	Tom Doyle		-74
9	Boyce, Liam		Ross County	-45	9		11	Marco Rojas		-63
21	Magennis Josh		Charlton Ath.	-83	28		9	Chris Wood ©
Substitutes							Substitutes
3	Ferguson, Shane		Millwall	+45	30		6	Tuiloma, Bill		+45
8	Davis, Steven		Southampton	+45	94		7	Barbarouses, Kosta		+63
10	Lafferty, Kyle		Norwich City	+45	61		13	Patterson, Monty		+63
15	Paton, Paul		St Johnstone	+74	4		3	Deklan, Wynne		+72
19	McCartan, Shay		Accrington St.	+83	1		10	Smeltz, Shane		+79
23	Carroll, Roy		Linfield	+84	45
Unused Substitutes							Unused Substitutes
4	Thompson, Adam		Bury		2		2	Brotherton, Sam
7	McGinn, Niall		Aberdeen		51		4	Tzimopoulos, Themi
12	Mannus, Alan		St Johnstone		9		12	Moss, Glen
20	Lafferty, Daniel		Sheffield Utd		13		16	Ingham, Dane
							19	Rufer, Alex
							21	Roux, Storm
							23	Williams, Tamati
Manager		Michael O'Neill					Coach		Anthony Hudson

Match Pictures:

Hughes, Dallas, Boyce, Brunt, Norwood, McLaughlin, Lund, Flanagan, Magennis, McGovern, Evans Flanagan, Magennis, Brunt, McGovern, Evans, Dallas Hughes, Norwood, Lund, Boyce, McLaughlin (Roy Cathcart) Pre-match warm-ups	Aaron Hughes was given a special award before kick-off in honour of him reaching 100 caps Debutant Tom Flanagan warms-up	Jonny Evans starts as captain Regular captain Steven Davis starts on the bench
The team celebrate Liam Boyce's early goal	Half-time warm-ups The Under-18 side show off the Centenary Shield	Un-used sub, Adam Thompson has just joined Bury The half-time subs led on by captain, Steve Davis

Match Programme/Teamsheet/Tickets:

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Match Report:
BBC

Pre-Match:
Announcement

NI SquadGoalkeepers: McGovern (Norwich City), Mannus (St Johnstone), Carroll (Linfield)
Defenders: McAuley (West Brom), Evans (West Brom), Hughes (Hearts), Cathcart (Watford), Brunt (West Brom), C McLaughlin (Fleetwood), Hodson (Rangers), R McLaughlin (Oldham), Thompson (Southend), D Lafferty (Sheffield United), Flanagan (Burton Albion)
Midfielders: Davis (Southampton), McGinn (Aberdeen), Norwood (Brighton), Ferguson (Millwall), Dallas (Leeds), Lund (Burton Albion), Paton (St Johnstone)
Strikers: K Lafferty (Norwich), Magennis (Charlton), Boyce (Ross County), McCartan (Accrington Stanley)

Irish FA

NZ Squad
Goalkeepers: Stefan Marinovic (SpVgg Unterhaching, Germany) 14/0, Tamati Williams (RKC Waalwijk, Netherlands) 1/0, Glen Moss (Newcastle Jets, Australia) 29/0
Defenders: Andrew Durante (Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand) 15/0, Thomas Doyle (Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand) 4/0, Storm Roux (Central Coast Mariners, Australia) 7/0, Michael Boxall (SuperSport Utd, South Africa) 22/0, Kip Colvey (San Jose Earthquakes FC, USA) 8/0, Themi Tzimopoulos (PAS Giannina FC, Greece) 10/1, Deklan Wynne (Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Canada) 7/0, Sam Brotherton (Sunderland AFC, England) 7/0, Tommy Smith (Ipswich Town FC, England) 31/2, Dane Ingham (Brisbane Roar FC, Australia) 1/0
Midfielders: Bill Tuiloma (Marseille, France) 16/0, Clayton Lewis (Auckland City FC, New Zealand) 8/0, Michael McGlinchey (Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand) 42/4, Ryan Thomas (PEC Zwolle, Netherlands) 9/2, Marco Rojas (Melbourne Victory FC, Australia) 32/5, Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand) 3/0
Forwards: Chris Wood (c) (Leeds Utd, England) 47/19, Monty Patterson (Ipswich Town FC, England) 9/1, Shane Smeltz (Borneo FC, Indonesia) 53/24, Kosta Barbarouses (Wellington Phoenix FC) 37/3

Notes:
This match was preceded by a week long training camp in Manchester.
Liam Boyce scored (Northern) Ireland's 650th senior international goal.
Debuts for Tom Flanagan and Shay McCartan
The Northern Ireland Under-18 Schools teamed displayed the Centenary Shield at half-time.

Credits:
Roy Cathcart