{"id":24803,"date":"2022-01-14T08:16:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T13:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=24803"},"modified":"2022-01-15T08:18:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T13:18:47","slug":"northern-ireland-to-play-friendly-against-hungary-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=24803","title":{"rendered":"Northern Ireland To Play Friendly Against Hungary In March"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Northern Ireland manager Ian Baraclough (PA Wire\/PA Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Northern Ireland will play Hungary in a friendly in March as part of their preparations for the upcoming Nations League campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The match will take place at Windsor Park in Belfast on March 29th, four days after Ian Baraclough\u2019s men are due to face Luxembourg in another friendly away from home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the match in Luxembourg will pit Northern Ireland against a fellow side due to compete in League C when Nations League play gets under way in June, Hungary were last year promoted to League A \u2013 where they have been drawn against England, Italy and Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Northern Ireland and Hungary last met during qualification for Euro 2016. Northern Ireland won 2-1 in Budapest thanks to goals from Niall McGinn and Kyle Lafferty, while Lafferty then got the equalizer in a 1-1 draw in Belfast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After suffering relegation from League B last year, Northern Ireland have been drawn against Greece, Kosovo and either Cyprus or Estonia for the next Nations League campaign, and are due to begin with a trip to Greece on June 2nd.<\/p>\n

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