Brave Northern Ireland unlucky in last 10 minutes

Portugal 1 Northern Ireland 1

Tue, 16 Oct, 2012 - 23:49

Portugal 1 Northern Ireland 1

Northern Ireland were 10 minutes away from a famous victory over a Portugal side 114 places above them in the FIFA rankings, but still managed to spoil Cristiano Ronaldo’s big day with a battling point in Porto.

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