Ka taƙaita labarin:  Michael O'Neill yana shirin yin yaƙi da sanannen fuska a ranar Lahadi, yayin da tsohon aboki ke ƙoƙarin rushe mafarkin Arewacin Ireland na Euro 2016. Finland ce za ta fafata da su a Windsor Park, wadda Mixu Paatelainen ke jagoranta - mutumin da ya bai wa O'Neill damar zama koci a matsayin mai lamba biyu a Cowdenbeath. Ma'auratan sun riga sun tsallake hanyoyi a kan layin kasa da kasa, suna raba wasan sada zumunci 3-3 a cikin 2012, a lokacin farkon kwanakin O'Neill a cikin jirgin. Michael O'Neill yana shirya tawagarsa ta Arewacin Ireland don yin yaƙi da Finland a cikin cancantar Euro 2016. Zai fafata da tsohon mataimakin kocin Mixu Paatelainen (hoton) wanda shi ne kocin Finland na yanzu. Akwai abubuwa da yawa da za su biyo baya, tare da Arewacin Ireland da ke da maki tara daga cikin maki 12 a cikin Rukunin F, yayin da abokan hamayyarsu ke fuskantar gwagwarmaya don ci gaba da gwagwarmaya tare da maki huɗu kawai daga wasanninsu huɗu. O'Neill ya yarda da shi da Paatelainen sun ƙi musayar shawara game da sauran ƙungiyoyi a kan hanyar zuwa Faransa, amma ya yarda da maza biyu sun san juna 'cikin ciki'. 'Muna kama da 'yan wasa, ina tsammanin. Lokacin da ka yi wasa a kulob tare da wani sannan ka yi aiki tare da su a takaice a matsayin koci a bayyane yake akwai dangantaka a can. 'Amma ba mu shafe sa'o'i a waya ko wani abu ba har zuwa wannan, don haka dangantakar ba ta canza ba. A bayyane yake cewa ba mu da sha'awar tattauna adawa saboda wataƙila yana tunanin ba ya son gaya mani abubuwan da wataƙila ban sani ba kuma akasin haka. Amma duk mun san juna a ciki da kuma yadda kungiyarmu za ta yi wasa. 'Duk abin da ya faru ba zai shafi yadda muke kusa ba.' O'Neill har ma yana ganin kwatankwacin tsakanin bangarorin biyu na ƙasa, tare da shi da Paatelainen suna ƙoƙari su fitar da mafi kyau daga ƙananan playersan wasa masu daraja, yayin da suke gina ƙungiya mai ƙarfi a cikin tallafi. 'Ina ganin Mixu ya yi babban aiki a can kuma aikinsa yayi kama da nawa,' in ji shi. 'Kuna da iyakantaccen rukunin' yan wasa don zaɓar daga kuma ya sa su yi wasa a cikin kyakkyawan salon. 'Babu shakka Finland ta kasance...
Shugaban Arewacin Ireland Michael O'Neill yana shirya tawagarsa don ziyarar Finland. Shugaban Finland Mixu Paatelainan ya kasance mataimakinsa a Cowdenbeath. Ma'auratan sun hadu ne a wani wasa na sada zumunci a 2012.