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\'Northern Ireland upbeat despite defeat\'

2014-11-16 13:52:00 from:SNTV

Intro:

Reaction after Northern Ireland's three-game winning run in their Euro 2016 qualifiers ends as Romania win to go top of Group F.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael O'Neill, Northern Ireland manager

"I think that the results have been positive for us. We obviously play Finland next in Belfast which will give us the opportunity to go eight points ahead of Finland, which would be a huge amount at this step after five games. Hungary have obviously recovered from us beating them in the first game and the Faroe (Islands) is a shock result - let's be honest. So probably tonight the results in the other games have been positive for us."

SOUNDBITE: (Romanian) Anghel Iordanescu, Romania coach:

"From my point of view the fact that the team is now top of Group F and Romania have won 10 points can give us the peace of mind to train well over the winter. Personally I wanted a victory at any cost. I insisted that the team played well. We tried to build attacks, to open the game up and we aimed to create goalscoring situations which we managed to convert."

 

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