Northern Ireland to face Belarus in pre-Euro 2016 friendly

NI to face Belarus in pre-Euro 2016 friendly

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.​

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