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Giving squad players a chance to shine and gain experience I guess.
Most have failed the audition.
Maddison did ok.
Grealish was poor, but did assist the goal.
Watkins missed an open goal, before a good striker's goal.
I questioned the point of the game, but have come round to thinking it was worthwhile.
England looking a little better now with some A listers on.
Incredible attendance of 81000.
All the kiwi barstaff doing extra shifts to let the Aussies attend
 
Not the greatest game but I thought we played to our strengths - effort and set pieces.
Haven't seen the stats but I would think chances on goal would have been very close.
Given England have 5 or 6 players who are worth more individually than the socceroos team combined I think we did ok.
Well done England did enough to win.
 
Not the greatest game but I thought we played to our strengths - effort and set pieces.
Haven't seen the stats but I would think chances on goal would have been very close.
Given England have 5 or 6 players who are worth more individually than the socceroos team combined I think we did ok.
Well done England did enough to win.

True that.
England should've flogged us, even without their first choice players.
I kept thinking back to 2003, hoping for another result.

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Paul Smyth - A goal and assist in just 5 mins in his 1st international appearance - now if only he could do that for us.

GOAL - Northern Ireland 1-0 San Marino

Paul Smyth (5 mins)

An acrobatic volley from Paul Smyth has Northern Ireland ahead early!

After patient build-up play Dale Taylor feeds Jamal Lewis on the overlap, and his inviting cross falls to Smyth, whose scissor kick volley flies into the roof of the net.

An ideal start for Northern Ireland and Smyth on his first start for his country.
 
Smyth has paid back the manager already'
Northern Ireland 2-0 San Marino

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John O'Neill

Former Northern Ireland defender on BBC Radio Ulster

I think Paul Smyth has already paid the manager back for the faith he has had in him to start the game.

To be fair, when we saw him the last few games, when he came on as a substitute, he was always there trying to make something happen on that right hand side.
 
CLOSE!
Northern Ireland 2-0 San Marino

Paul Smyth has been San Marino's chief tormentor so far in this game.

This time he troubles their backline with a long throw which finds Daniel Ballard, who glances wide from close range.

Northern Ireland are certainly in the mood today.