Ka taƙaita labarin:  Michael O'Neill dole ne ya fi tsohon shugabansa Mixu Paatelainen wayo don ci gaba da neman Arewacin Ireland don cancanta zuwa babban gasa a karon farko cikin shekaru 30. Manajan Finland Paatelainen ne ya ba ɗan Irish ɗin mai shekaru 45 damarsa ta farko a matsayin mai horarwa a Cowdenbeath. O'Neill ya bayyana cewa tsoffin abokai biyu sun yi jinkirin kwatanta bayanan don kauce wa ba da ƙarin bayani game da dabarun su. "Muna kama da 'yan wasa, ina tsammanin", in ji shi. Kocin Arewacin Ireland Michael O'Neill ya fuskanci tsohon malamin sa a ranar Lahadi, manajan Finland. Mixu Paatelainen shine manajan Finland, kuma ya ba O'Neill damar farko a cikin gudanarwa. Tawagar Arewacin Ireland za ta fafata da Finland: Carroll; C McLaughlin, McAuley, Evans, Baird; Ward, Davis, Norwood, Brunt, McGinn; Lafferty. <unk>Idan kun yi wasa a kulob tare da wani sannan kuma kun yi aiki tare da su a takaice a matsayin koci akwai a fili dangantaka a can. A bayyane yake ba mu da sha'awar tattauna adawa saboda ba ya so ya gaya mani abubuwan da watakila ban sani ba kuma akasin haka. Amma duk mun san juna a ciki da kuma yadda kungiyarmu za ta yi wasa. <unk>Duk abin da ya faru ba zai shafi yadda muke kusa ba.<unk> Ireland ta Arewa ba ta taba samun cancantar zuwa wasan karshe na gasar zakarun Turai ba, kuma ta karshe ta bayyana a wata babbar gasa a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1986 a Mexico. O'Neill ya kara da cewa: "Ina ganin Mixu ya yi babban aiki. Aikinsa yayi kama da nawa, kuna da iyakantaccen rukunin 'yan wasa don zaɓar daga kuma ya sa su yi wasa a cikin kyakkyawan salon. Babu shakka Finland tana da kyakkyawan kungiya amma akwai dogaro da 'yan wasa biyar ko shida. O'Neill (hoton) da Paatelainen sun kasance tare a Cowdenbeath a Scotland.
Ireland ta Arewa za ta kara da Finland a daren Lahadi a wasan neman shiga gasar zakarun Turai. Michael O'Neill zai fuskanci tsohon shugabansa Mixi Paatelainen. Paatelainen ya ba O'Neill damarsa ta farko a horarwa a Cowdenbeath. O'Neill ya yarda cewa su biyun ba sa son su kwatanta bayanan.