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It's a missed opportunity to have only one warm-up match for the Euros.
Most of the teams in the tournament are playing three meaningless games before the tournament starts.
He said that they would have liked to have had the same team.
We could have gotten some conditioning. We've made progress, but you still want more.
After beating Ukraine in a play-off, Northern Ireland will play Norway at St Mary's Stadium on July 7th, before games against Austria and England.
When Northern Ireland were last in action in April, they were up against Austria and England.
It would have been great to play Wales, Republic of Ireland and Scotland.
We were able to get three tough local games because they weren't qualified, but we couldn't get any of them.
We played Austria and England in November and haven't had a game since.
Some of the players didn't play in the two games they played. Two steps forward and one back is how progress has been stuttered.
As you go along, you're going to get some small issues. I think we're going to give everything we have and that's how we deal with them.
Belgium, ranked 19th in the world and 28th in Northern Ireland, are coming into the game on the back of a defeat by England.
The focus for both teams is to get a good showing at the Euros and then travel to England.
"Belgium were unlucky to lose because they matched England in a lot of areas."
Our players have been out of match condition for a while, so we want to make sure they are ready for a really competitive game.
I want to add a little bit of match conditioning more so than top quality, but I also want to have the quality as well.
That will tell me that what we're doing is getting better.
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