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Evening all, and welcome to Northern Ireland v Slovakia!

Euro Qualifying / Matchday 1
Windsor Park / 12.11.2020
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Dan Quarrell

Updated 12/11/2020 at 22:19 GMT


19:00
Ian Baraclough makes one change from that win over Bosnia, Conor Washington replacing Corry Evans.
18:58
18:56
I'll not them down, and then we can investigate what it all means.
18:53
Slovakia: Rodak; Pekarik, Satka, Skriniar, Hubocan; Lobotka; Rusniak, Kucka, Hamsik, Mak; Duda. Subs: Jakubech, Greif, Pauschek, Valjent, Gyomber, Gregus, Suslov, Mazan, Mraz, Hrosovsky, Safranko, Duris.
18:52
The boys in green....
18:52
Let's have some teams...
18:48
Northern Ireland got to this point by dint of their Nations League performance and win on penalties against Bosnia-Herzegovina, while Slovakia had to slog through extra time and penalties against Ireland, after Wales pipped them to second place in a group that was won by Croatia. I think we can expect a game similar to the one we saw in Bratislava last month: short of quality and short on goals, but hopefully not short on energy and, at various points excitement. Either way, at the end of it all, we'll have elation and despondency for our entertainment, so stick with me for the fun.
18:46
This is an absolutely gigantic, colossal, monumental tussle. The winners tonight - after extra time and penalties if necessary - will be through to Euro 2020, which looks a lit like it's going to be played in 2021, and with crowds too! Oof madone!