Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kei te whakarite a Michael O'Neill ki te whawhai ki tētahi kanohi mōhio i te Rātapu, i te mea e ngana ana tētahi hoa tawhito ki te whakakore i te moemoea o Ireland ki te Raki ki te Euro 2016. Ko Finland te hoariri i Windsor Park, e arahina ana e Mixu Paatelainen - te tangata i hoatu ki a O'Neill tana okiokinga kaiako hei tau rua i Cowdenbeath. Kua whiti kē te tokorua i runga i te ara o te ao, i te tohatoha i te 3-3 whakahoahoa i te tau 2012, i nga ra o O'Neill i te timatanga. Kei te whakarite a Michael O'Neill i tana kapa o Ireland ki te Raki ki te whawhai ki a Finland i te tohu o Euro 2016. Ka tūtaki ia ki te kaiāwhina o mua a Mixu Paatelainen (i te pikitia) ko ia te rangatira o Finland i tēnei wā. He nui ake te eke ki runga i te whai ake, me Ireland ki te Raki kua tangohia e iwa nga tohu mai i te 12 pea i roto i te Rōpū F, i te mea e anga atu ana o ratou hoa whawhai ki te whawhai ki te noho i roto i te whakataetae me nga tohu e wha noa iho mai i o raatau whakataetae e wha. E whakaae ana a O'Neill kua kore ia me Paatelainen e whakawhiti whakaaro mo etahi atu roopu i te huarahi ki Parani, engari e whakaae ana nga tangata e rua e mohio ana ki te ahua o tetahi atu 'i roto i waho'. 'He rite tonu mātou ki ngā kaitākaro, ki taku whakaaro. Ki te mea kua takaro koe i tētahi karapu ki tētahi, ā, kua mahi poto koe ki a rātou hei kaiako, he mārama he hononga kei reira. Engari kāore mātou i whakapau haora i runga i te waea, i tētahi atu mea rānei, nō reira kāore te hononga i huri noa. E mārama ana he iti ake te hiahia ki te matapaki i te whakahe, nā te mea i whakaaro pea ia kāore ia e hiahia ki te kōrero mai ki a au i ngā mea kāore pea au e mōhio, ā, ko ia anō hoki. Engari e mōhio ana tātou ki a tātou anō, me te āhua o te tākaro o tō tātou kapa. Ahakoa he aha te mea ka tupu, e kore e pā ki te tata o tātau. Ka kite a O'Neill i te rereketanga i waenga i nga taha e rua o te motu, me ia me Paatelainen e ngana ana ki te tiki i te mea pai mai i te maha o nga kaitakaro taumata-nui, i te wa e hanga ana i tetahi roopu kaha hei tautoko. 'Ki taku whakaaro he mahi nui a Mixu i reira, a he rite tonu tana mahi ki taku,' i kii ia. 'He iti noa iho te hunga kaitākaro hei whiriwhiri, ā, he pai te tākaro a ia. 'Kāore he ruarua ko Finland he...
Kei te whakarite te rangatira o Ireland ki te Raki, a Michael O'Neill, mo te haerenga ki Finland. Ko Mixu Paatelainan te rangatira o Pinihana tana kaiawhina i Cowdenbeath. I tutaki te tokorua i mua i te wa o te whakahoahoa 3-3 o te ao i te tau 2012.