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NORTHERN IRELAND FAILED to make their chances pay as they were held to a frustrating 0-0 Nations League draw by Belarus in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary.
But there was to be no reward as Belarus – playing behind closed doors due to UEFA restrictions after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – made it seven clean sheets in their last nine competitive games. Advertisement But from then on the first half was pretty much all Northern Ireland, their performance having everything but a goal as they had 12 attempts in the opening 45 minutes, forcing seven saves.
Trai Hume’s range of passing from the right side of defence was on full show and a superb ball picked out Reid as he ran into the box, but Lapoukhov spread himself to block his low shot with a foot. The Bolton defender then had the ball in the net from the resulting corner, but the whistle had already gone for a tug.
Belarus were screaming for a penalty in the 66th minute when Dmitri Antilevski made the most of having the ball nicked away by Toal inside the box, but Armenian referee Henrik Nalbandyan – officious throughout the night – instantly waved away the incident.
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