Soccer / Football · BBC Sport

League B return & Kvaratskhelia test - Northern Ireland talking points

Published by BBC Sport on September 21, 2026 at 2:32 AM ET

Northern Ireland's return to Uefa Nations League B will see them face a player manager Michael O'Neill calls "one of the best in the world" but they enter the campaign without their own captain.

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