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George Saville headed implicit for Northern Ireland astatine the extremity of the archetypal halfNorthern Ireland suffered a sorry, precocious 1-0 decision by Kazakhstan successful Belfast to permission their hopes of qualifying for Euro 2024 severely dented.
A breakaway 88th-minute extremity by substitute Abat Aimbetov gave the visitors an improbable victory.
Craig Cathcart and George Saville missed first-half headers for the injury-hit hosts, with substitute Conor McMenamin coming adjacent precocious on.
Northern Ireland stay 5th successful Group H with 3 points from 4 games.
Having opened with a 2-0 triumph distant to bottommost seeds San Marino connected Michael O'Neill's instrumentality arsenic manager, they person present suffered 3 consecutive 1-0 defeats.
In Monday night's different Group H games, Slovenia drew 1-1 astatine location to Denmark and Finland thumped San Marino 6-0, to permission the Finns connected top, up of Kazakhstan connected extremity difference.
While Northern Ireland were missing up to 9 elder players done wounded and brag Michael O'Neill was forced to play an inexperienced side, galore supporters would person expected to bushed a squad they are 50 places supra successful the satellite rankings.
O'Neill had said aft Friday night's cruel 1-0 nonaccomplishment successful Denmark that helium was "not reasoning astir qualification" for adjacent summer's Euro finals successful Germany, the latest nonaccomplishment makes that a hugely hard task with six games near to play.
The lucifer looked to beryllium heading for what would person been a frustrating gully for the location broadside erstwhile the visitors stunned Windsor Park with that precocious goal.
Substitute Aimbetov raced wide from the halfway enactment and, with Ciaron Brown and Paddy McNair looking similar they would halt him, helium skipped past them some and showed bully composure to decorativeness debased into the country past a helpless Bailey Peacock-Farrell.
Glentoran winger McMenamin came adjacent to breaking the deadlock for Northern Ireland with what wold person been a spectacular archetypal planetary extremity but, aft cutting wrong disconnected the right, the substitute's superb left-foot onslaught from 25 yards was tipped implicit by visiting goalkeeper Igor Shatskly.
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Line-ups
Northern Ireland
Formation 3-5-2
- 1Peacock-Farrell
- 17McNair
- 5EvansSubstituted forMcMenaminat 64'minutes
- 20Cathcart
- 4Hume
- 16McCannSubstituted forTaylorat 71'minutes
- 19Charles
- 6SavilleBooked astatine 65mins
- 15ThompsonSubstituted forBrownat 84'minutes
- 14Price
- 10CharlesSubstituted forLaveryat 72'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Lane
- 7McMenamin
- 8Taylor
- 9Lavery
- 11Marshall
- 12Hazard
- 13Goss
- 18Johnston
- 21Donnelly
- 22Brown
- 23Southwood
Kazakhstan
Formation 3-5-2
- 12Shatskiy
- 4Bystrov
- 22Marochkin
- 3AlipBooked astatine 67mins
- 16GabyshevSubstituted forSkvortsovat 68'minutes
- 19ZaynutdinovSubstituted forKuatat 75'minutes
- 21Beisebekov
- 8TagybergenBooked astatine 70minsSubstituted forTapalovat 81'minutes
- 11Vorogovskiy
- 20OrazovSubstituted forAstanovat 81'minutes
- 10SamorodovSubstituted forAymbetovat 81'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Shaizada
- 2Maliy
- 5Kuat
- 6Tapalov
- 7Shvyryov
- 9Astanov
- 13Skvortsov
- 14Kenesov
- 15Ustimenko
- 17Aymbetov
- 18Dosmagambetov
- 23Erlanov
Live Text
Match ends, Northern Ireland 0, Kazakhstan 1.
Second Half ends, Northern Ireland 0, Kazakhstan 1.
Foul by Shea Charles (Northern Ireland).
Abat Aymbetov (Kazakhstan) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Corner, Northern Ireland. Conceded by Elkhan Astanov.
Goal! Northern Ireland 0, Kazakhstan 1. Abat Aymbetov (Kazakhstan) close footed changeable from the centre of the container to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Erkin Tapalov.
Shayne Lavery (Northern Ireland) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Foul by Marat Bystrov (Kazakhstan).
Substitution, Northern Ireland. Ciaron Brown replaces Jordan Thompson.
Substitution, Kazakhstan. Abat Aymbetov replaces Maksim Samorodov due to the fact that of an injury.
Substitution, Kazakhstan. Elkhan Astanov replaces Ramazan Orazov.
Substitution, Kazakhstan. Erkin Tapalov replaces Askhat Tagybergen.
Corner, Northern Ireland. Conceded by Igor Shatskiy.
Attempt saved. Conor McMenamin (Northern Ireland) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is saved successful the apical centre of the goal. Assisted by Trai Hume.
Attempt blocked. George Saville (Northern Ireland) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked. Assisted by Dale Taylor.
Substitution, Kazakhstan. Islambek Kuat replaces Bakhtiyor Zaynutdinov.
Attempt blocked. Shayne Lavery (Northern Ireland) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is blocked. Assisted by Shea Charles.
Offside, Kazakhstan. Aleksandr Marochkin tries a done ball, but Bakhtiyor Zaynutdinov is caught offside.
Substitution, Northern Ireland. Shayne Lavery replaces Dion Charles.
Substitution, Northern Ireland. Dale Taylor replaces Ali McCann.
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