Paddy McNair believes Northern Ireland will benefit from ever-increasing big-game experience within the squad when they take on Slovakia in Thursday’s Euro 2020 qualifying play-off final. “We’ve played in big games since (facing Greece) so I think there is a confidence in the team and a belief that we can go on and win on Thursday night,” McNair said. Now we’ve been there and played in massive games, so I think there is a confidence. “It’s not just international football, we’ve got a lot of lads who have played big games at club level as well. But it’s about staying focused within that chaos of a penalty shootout and remembering the plan, remembering the penalty taker.

Source: Express November 10, 2020 22:30 UTC