Euro 2024 qualifiers: Northern Ireland denied dramatic draw by VAR decision as Denmark win

Northern Ireland thought they had notched a precocious equaliser against Denmark but the extremity was ruled retired by VAR

Injury-hit Northern Ireland were denied a dramatic, last-gasp gully distant to Denmark arsenic an injury-time extremity by West Ham teenage debutant Callum Marshall was ruled retired by VAR.

The determination meant Jonas Wind's extremity astatine the commencement of the 2nd fractional gave the Danes a 1-0 triumph that takes them to the apical of Group H.

The visitors had produced a stubborn antiaircraft show successful the archetypal fractional earlier Wind broke the deadlock 2 minutes aft the break.

Northern Ireland present big Kazakhstan astatine Windsor Park connected Monday night.

They volition spell into that lucifer inactive successful 5th spot successful the group, having opened with a triumph distant to San Marino earlier suffering a disappointing 1-0 location decision by Finland.

The Finns, meanwhile, bushed erstwhile radical leaders Slovenia 2-0 connected Friday nighttime portion Kazakhstan, who had recorded a astonishment 3-2 triumph implicit the Danes connected their past outing, moved up to 2nd by beating San Marino 3-0.

Wind's extremity astatine a raucous Parken Stadium came erstwhile an in-swinging left-wing transverse from Andreas Christensen was not cleared decently by Ciaron Brown, who seemed to get his footing incorrect arsenic helium failed to get a due transportation connected the ball.

His mediocre clearance bounced to Wind and the Wolfsburg guardant controlled good connected his thorax earlier firing firmly nether Bailey Peacock-Farrell and successful from an space to calm the nerves of the vocal location support.

That extremity provided a monolithic assistance to the location players and supporters aft a archetypal fractional successful which they had been frustrated by a well-drilled antiaircraft show by Northern Ireland, who volition astir apt present request to bushed Kazakhstan successful Belfast connected Monday nighttime if they are to support immoderate existent hopes of reaching the Euro 2024 finals.

Eighteen-year-old Marshall, connected arsenic a precocious second-half sub connected what was his archetypal elder NI call-up, thought helium had grabbed a heroic gully for his squad erstwhile helium scored a beauteous flicked volley with the extracurricular of his footwear from a Jonny Evans flick-on.

However, arsenic Marshall and his team-mates celebrated wildly successful beforehand of the delirious travelling supporters down the extremity wherever helium scored, the stadium screens showed that the extremity was being checked for Evans being offside from the free-kick into the box.

A hold that lasted astir 5 minutes ensued, earlier the NI players and fans were crushed erstwhile Polish referee Daniel Stefanski signalled that it had been ruled retired by VAR.

More to follow.