World News – GB – NI beat Bosnia on penalties

Northern Ireland beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 4-3 on penalties to advance to the Euro 2020 play-off final in extremely dramatic fashion

Liam Boyce scored the winning penalty for Ian Baraclough’s men after Bailey Peacock-Farrell saved from Haris Hajradinovic and Edin Visca missed

NI will now face Slovakia in the play-off final in November after beating the Republic of Ireland on penalties in Bratislava

Boyce had only come as a substitute in the last minute of extra time, alongside Conor Washington, who scored NI’s fourth penalty after George Saville lit the third on the crossbar

In the first penalty shootout in NI history, Peacock-Farrell, who had made a number of decent saves during the 90 minutes, dove to his left to deny Hajradinovic before Visca hits the crossbar

The night got off to a good start for Bosnia when they opened the scoring in the 13th minute A long ball in the right channel found Branimir Cipetic, who was rounded up by Jonny Evans before the Leicester City defender slipped and left the lateral back penetrate the surface

He brought back Krunic, who had left Stuart Dallas to find space in the box, and the AC Milan player calmly set foot at home for his second international goal despite Bailey Peacock-Farrell

McGinn’s equalizer came eight minutes into the second half when the Aberdeen winger latched onto a long ball to make the most of a ricochet and work his way through the surface before delivering a calm finish

Goal! Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 (3), Northern Ireland 1 (4) Liam Boyce (Northern Ireland) converts the penalty with a shot with a right footed shot to the top center of the goal

Goal! Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 (3), Northern Ireland 1 (3) Edin Dzeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina) converts the penalty with a right footed shot into the middle of the goal

Goal! Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 (2), Northern Ireland 1 (3) Conor Washington (Northern Ireland) converts the penalty with a shot with a right footed shot in the upper right corner

Goal! Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 (2), Northern Ireland 1 (2) Dino Hotic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) converts the penalty with a left-footed shot in the lower right corner

Penalty missed! Wrong penalty from George Saville (Northern Ireland) left-footed shot just a little too high George Saville should be disappointed

Penalty missed! Still Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 (1), Northern Ireland 1 (2) Edin Visca (Bosnia and Herzegovina) hits the bar with a right-footed shot

Goal! Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 (1), Northern Ireland 1 (2) Kyle Lafferty (Northern Ireland) converts the penalty with a shot with a right foot in the lower right corner

Penalty recorded! Haris Hajradinovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) does not take advantage of this great opportunity, left footed shot stopped in the upper right corner

Goal! Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 (1), Northern Ireland 1 (1) Stuart Dallas (Northern Ireland) converts the penalty with a shot with a right footed shot to the top center of the goal

Goal! Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 (1), Northern Ireland 1 Miralem Pjanic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) converts the penalty with a shot with a right foot in the upper left corner

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