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Northern Ireland: Michael O'Neill's side exposed to 'level above' in Sweden loss

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Northern Ireland lost 5-1 to Sweden in their Nations League C opener.

Michael O'Neill's side have an average age of 22.6 - the joint- second youngest fielded by Northern Ireland since 1946 .

O’Neill: "We can only get better as a team if we expose ourselves to this level of opposition" Northern Ireland travel to Denmark and Iceland in the next two games.

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