• Friday’s visit of Latvia is first of five friendlies before Euro 2016 finals
• ‘I said to the players that every training session is high stakes now’Michael O’Neill has told his Northern Ireland players to construct every training session count between now and Euro 2016.
Friday’s visit of Latvia is the first of five proposed friendlies before the finals,meaning O’Neill is already thinking approximately the composition of his 23-man squad. That is the exact number of players on duty in Belfast this week but with Chris Brunt injured, Aaron Hughes staying with Melbourne City this week and a handful of other recent squad members hoping for another chance, and there are hard calls ahead.
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Source: theguardian.com