O’Neill wary of German backlash

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Michael O’Neill has warned his Northern Ireland squad they must be braced for a resurgent Germany following their failure to win Euro 2016 this summer.

The Northern Irish travelled to Hannover on Sunday after a routine 4-0 triumph over San Marino and O’Neill will make his players watch a rerun of their defeat to the Germans in June as part of their preparations for their next meeting on Tuesday, live on Sky Sports 1HD from 7pm.

It will not be comfortable viewing given the world champions were so formidable despite recording just a 1-0 success that day in a tournament where O’Neill thought they were the stand-out nation.

However, Joachim Low’s team would fall to the hosts France at the semi-final stage and O’Neill believes their comfortable World Cup qualifying wins over Norway and the Czech Republic since are evidence of a team with a point to prove.

“We’re under no illusions as to what type of game it’s going to be,” O’Neill …

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