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- Updated: June 4, 2016
Michael O’Neill was able to allay injury fears over Craig Cathcart and Kyle Lafferty after the pair came off in a 0-0 draw with Slovakia that extended Northern Ireland’s unbeaten run to 12 games.
In a contest where the hosts did not hold back despite now heading for Euro 2016 along with the Northern Irish, defender Cathcart took a knee to the back and striker Lafferty felt tightness in his calf, prompting O’Neill to bring both off.
However, neither problem is considered serious eight days ahead of their Euro 2016 opener with Poland, as O’Neill’s men kept their impressive streak going in a contest where Aaron Hughes won his 100th cap.
“They’re both fine; it was precautionary,” O’Neill said. “Cathcart got a bad challenge, I thought. Obviously it was let go, like many.
“Kyle just had a little bit of a tight calf from a kick. We had planned to take off Kyle on 60-65 minutes. He wanted to stay on but there was no sense in it, and the same with Craig. If it was the Poland game in …
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