Chịkọta isiokwu ahụ:  Onye na-agba bọọlụ na Northern Ireland bụ Kyle Lafferty kwupụtara ekele maka mbọ ndị otu ahụ gbara mgbe ọ gbachara bọọlụ na mmeri ha ji 2-1 merie Finland. Ugboro abụọ nke Lafferty na ọkara nke mbụ zuru ezu iji merie egwuregwu maka ndị otu Michael O'Neill ma mee ka ha nọrọ naanị otu isi n'azụ ndị isi nke European Championship na-eduga F Group Romania, bụ ndị meriri Faroe Islands 1-0. Ha ga-atachi obi n'ụjọ mgbe Berat Sadik nyere goolu n'oge mana ha jisiri ike maka mmeri. Kyle Lafferty toro ndị otu ya 'omume, obi na arụmọrụ' nke ọma mgbe ha meriri Finland. Lafferty gwara Sky Sports 5: 'Ọ bụ ihe doro anya na ụjọ na-atụ anyị mana anyị kwesịrị iji merie egwuregwu ahụ. 'Ọ bụ ihe magburu onwe ya taa, àgwà, obi na arụmọrụ otu.' Ihe mgbaru ọsọ mbụ nke onye isi ndị Turkey bụ ọmarịcha volley na ntụgharị ahụ tupu ya ekwenye na nke abụọ, na-ewere ya nke abụọ n'etiti ndị isi mba ya niile na-ebute ụzọ n'ihu Colin Clarke na Billy Gillespie. Onye na-agba bọọlụ na Northern Ireland agbaala goolu mbụ n'asọmpi Euro 2016. O kwuru, sị: 'O doro anya na ihe niile na-agaziri m ugbu a, ọ na-atọkwa m ụtọ. 'Mgbe mbụ m kụrụ ya, ekpebiri m na m ga-akụ ya na nke mbụ ya, obi dịkwa m ụtọ na ọ kụrụ ya. 'Ma ọ bụ ndị otu ahụ, onye ọ bụla dị mma taa. Ọ bụ ezie na m na-enweta ihe mgbaru ọsọ na ụgwọ ọrụ ị ga-ele anya na arụmọrụ otu egwuregwu. ' Onye na-agbachitere Jonny Evans, onye na-agbachi Manchester United bọọlụ bọọlụ ruo egwuregwu isii maka ịfụ ụfụ, nwere obi ụtọ na ọ ga-enye aka maka otu ya. Lafferty nke Northern Ireland na-agba goolu site n'isi iji mee ka akara ahụ bụrụ 2-0 na Windsor Park. 'Ọ bụ ihe ịtụnanya ịnọ ebe ahụ ma karịsịa inweta mmeri ahụ,' ka o kwuru. 'Anyị wepụrụ nsonaazụ ahụ ma Kyle nyere goolu abụọ dị egwu. 'Ọ na-etinye anyị n'ọnọdụ dị mma na-aga n'ime June, anyị na-egwu Romania ebe a na ọ ga-abụ nkwekọrịta kachasị elu.' O'Neill kelere Lafferty, onye nwere goolu ise n'egwuregwu ise n'asọmpi a. Onye nchịkwa ndị Northern Ireland bụ Michael O'Neill toro onye na-agba bọọlụ ya mgbe ọ gbachara goolu abụọ n'asọmpi ahụ dị mkpa. O kwuru, sị: "O doro anya na inwe obi ike bụ nnukwu nsogbu, ọ...
Kyle Lafferty toro ndị otu ya na Northern Ireland mgbe ha merisịrị. Onye na-agba bọọlụ gbara goolu abụọ n'ọkara nke mbụ iji mee ka ndị otu ya chịkwaa. Finland gbatara nkasi obi na ngwụcha oge iji mee ka ọ bụrụ nkeji ole na ole ikpeazụ.