First Nations League win continues to evade already-relegated Northern Ireland

Attention will now turn to next year’s World Cup qualifiers

Northern Ireland were held to a draw by Romania as they dropped out of League B (Niall Carson/PA)

A first Nations League win continued to elude Northern Ireland as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Romania hours after relegation from League B had been confirmed by events off the pitch.

Eric Bicfalvi struck in the 81st minute to cancel out Liam Boyce’s goal and make it 10 games without a victory for Northern Ireland in a competition they will be happy to see the back of for the next two years.