Northern Ireland to face Belarus in pre-Euro 2016 friendly

Steve Davis of Northern Ireland (L) and Eduards Visnakovs of Latvia battle for the ball during the international football friendly at Windsor Park on November 13, 2015 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Northern Ireland will face Belarus in their final home friendly on May 27 before their debut appearance in the European Championship finals.

The Irish FA has announced that Northern Ireland will play Belarus in their final home friendly before the Euro 2016 finals on May 27.

Michael O'Neill's side will face Belarus for the first time at Windsor Park before flying to Austria after the match.

Northern Ireland then play Slovakia in their final warm-up at the City Arena in Trnava on June 4.

O'Neill's men qualified for the European Championship finals for the first time in their history last year and they have been drawn in a group with world champions Germany, Poland and Ukraine.

Their first group game is against Poland, who boast Bayern Munich frontman Robert Lewandowski as their star player, in Nice on June 12.​

Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards 2015.
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