Summary

  • Northern Ireland begin Nations League campaign with loss to Greece

  • Hosts yet to win a Nations League match since tournament's introduction

  1. Postpublished at 20:16 British Summer Time 2 June 2022

    Northern Ireland 0-0 Greece

    Are you watching, Jurgen Klopp?

    Conor Bradley and Kostas TsimikasImage source, Getty Images
  2. Elsewhere in Europepublished at 20:14 British Summer Time 2 June 2022

    A lovely move and Spain take the lead against Portugal.

    Gavi surges forward and plays the ball out to Pablo Sarabia, who lays it into the path of Alvaro Morata with a first-time ball and the striker makes no mistake.

  3. Postpublished at 20:13 British Summer Time 2 June 2022

    Northern Ireland 0-0 Greece

    Paddy Lane plays in a brilliant delivery but it everyone misses it and the ball goes out for a goal kick.

    That was asking for a touch!

  4. Postpublished at 20:12 British Summer Time 2 June 2022

    Northern Ireland 0-0 Greece

    Gavin Whyte wins a free-kick just inside the Greek half.

    Another chance to get the ball in the box? The big men are going forward.

  5. Postpublished at 20:11 British Summer Time 2 June 2022

    Northern Ireland 0-0 Greece

    John O'Neill
    Former Northern Ireland defender on BBC Radio Ulster

    It's a real scrappy game at the minute. The supporters are making a great noise but they are not getting a lot to cheer about. It feels like an end of season game.

  6. CLOSE!published at 20:09 British Summer Time 2 June 2022

    Northern Ireland 0-0 Greece

    Giorgos Giakoumakis gets a good header on Tasos Bakasetas' cross but it's easily held by Bailey Peacock-Farrell.

    No harm done but that's a warning sign.

  7. Postpublished at 20:06 British Summer Time 2 June 2022

    Northern Ireland 0-0 Greece

    Conor Bradley, as we say in Northern Ireland, absolutely empties Kostas Tsimikas in the Greece half.

    Just a talking to for the youngster - he's a touch lucky there.

  8. Postpublished at 20:05 British Summer Time 2 June 2022

    Northern Ireland 0-0 Greece

    John O'Neill
    Former Northern Ireland defender on BBC Radio Ulster

    They look a poor side and if we raise our game they are there for the taking.

  9. CLOSE!published at 20:04 British Summer Time 2 June 2022

    Northern Ireland 0-0 Greece

    That's much better from the hosts!

    George Saville skips down the right and finds Gavin Whyte inside.

    The forward spins away from his marker and his low effort is easily held by Odisseas Vlachodimos.

  10. Postpublished at 20:03 British Summer Time 2 June 2022

    Northern Ireland 0-0 Greece

    Daniel Ballard launches a long throw into the area, it comes back to him and it's a great cross in but no one is there to attack it.

    Ali McCann is the man to collect the second ball but it bounces off his hand and Greece have a free-kick.

    Not a lot to talk about so far.

  11. Elsewhere in Europepublished at 20:02 British Summer Time 2 June 2022

    The first Nations League goal of the night goes to the Czech Republic and Jan Kuchta, his first international goal. They lead Switzerland 1-0.

    No real chances in Spain v Portugal yet.

  12. Postpublished at 19:59 British Summer Time 2 June 2022

    Northern Ireland 0-0 Greece

    Neil Lennon
    Former Northern Ireland midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

    The game is what we expected it to be. Greece are not showing too much ambition and Northern Ireland are showing them a little bit too much respect at the minute.

  13. Bara watchpublished at 19:57 British Summer Time 2 June 2022

    Northern Ireland 0-0 Greece

    Mark Sterling
    BBC Sport NI at Windsor Park

    Ian Baraclough doesn't like sitting down to watch football matches.

    As always, the Northern Ireland manager has been standing right on the edge of his technical area for all of the opening 10 minutes.

    His assistant Tommy Johnson has joined him a few times to bark instructions on before returning to his seat in the dugout.

    It's early days, but Baraclough will be relatively happy with his side's start. They look right up for it and are full of running against the patient Greeks.

  14. Postpublished at 19:57 British Summer Time 2 June 2022

    Northern Ireland 0-0 Greece

    There's the battle of the Liverpool full-backs this evening.

    Youngster Conor Bradley (very highly rated at both club and country) is up against team-mate Kostas Tsimikas, the Greek Scouser himself.

    One for Jurgen Klopp to keep an eye on.

  15. Postpublished at 19:54 British Summer Time 2 June 2022

    Northern Ireland 0-0 Greece

    Shayne Lavery tries to play a low ball in from the right but it's easily cut out.

    Greece break but Jonny Evans deals with Giorgos Giakoumakis - albeit a little too physically for the referee's liking.

  16. Familiar face in the away dugoutpublished at 19:52 British Summer Time 2 June 2022

    Northern Ireland 0-0 Greece

    Greece manager Gus Poyet will be well known to many Northern Ireland supporters, no doubt, after his spells with Chelsea and Tottenham in the Premier League.

    An attacking midfielder as a player, the Uruguayan went on to manage Brighton and Sunderland after coaching spells at Leeds and Spurs.

    He's been on his travels quite a bit in recent years, with spells as boss at AEK Athens, Betis, Shanghai Shenhua, Bordeaux and Universidad Catolica.

    He took over the Greece side in January, winning his first match 1-0 away to Romania in March before losing 1-0 away to Montenegro three days later.

    Welcome to Windsor, Gus.

    Gus PoyetImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    Gus Poyet has won one and lost one of his two games in charge of Greece

  17. Postpublished at 19:52 British Summer Time 2 June 2022

    Northern Ireland 0-0 Greece

    Iain Dowie
    Former Northern Ireland striker on BBC Radio 5Live

    We have to get the balls to Whyte and Lavery down the channels - that is where we are strongest.

  18. Postpublished at 19:51 British Summer Time 2 June 2022

    Northern Ireland 0-0 Greece

    Early chance for Northern Ireland with a free-kick deep in the Greek half...but it's straight in the gloves of Odisseas Vlachodimos by Paddy McNair.

  19. Postpublished at 19:49 British Summer Time 2 June 2022

    Northern Ireland 0-0 Greece

    An early cheer from the home support for the most obvious foul throw you will see from Lazaros Rota.

  20. Postpublished at 19:48 British Summer Time 2 June 2022

    Northern Ireland 0-0 Greece

    George Saville tries to clip a ball forward to Gavin Whyte but he's soon smothered by white shirts.