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Northern Ireland to face Croatia in November friendly

Michael O'Neill felt his Northern Ireland side deserved to progress
Image: Northern Ireland will take on Croatia in their final game of 2016

The Irish Football Association has confirmed Northern Ireland will face Croatia in Belfast on Tuesday, November 15 - four days after hosting Azerbaijan at the National Stadium.

Michael O'Neill's side reached the last-16 at Euro 2016 in their first ever European Championship finals this summer after arriving in France on the back of a record 12-match unbeaten sequence.

They face San Marino in the first international to be hosted at the fully refurbished Windsor Park next week, before travelling to Germany in their World Cup 2018 Group C qualifier double header prior to Azerbaijan's visit to Belfast in November.

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"This will be a great game for us," said O'Neill. "Croatia are a top-class European team and it's great that we will be playing them at home.

"We have not played a home friendly against this quality of opposition for quite some time.

"It will no doubt be a real test for us and it will also provide us with an opportunity to look at some of the players in our squad who have not featured in the team much before now."

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