Euro 2022: Northern Ireland underdog story motivates young footballers

Euro 2022: Northern Ireland underdog story motivates young footballers

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By Jordan Kenny & Ian Murphy
Newsbeat pressreporters Image caption, Ballyclare Comrades Ladies haveactually been cheering on Northern Ireland throughout the Euros Northern Ireland lost all their videogames at Euro 2022 however that hasn’t moistened spirits back home, where young gamers state they’ve been influenced by their supreme underdog story. The team will fly house havingactually suffered their 3rd and last defeat versus huge favourites England last night. But young footballers in the nation state seeing their brand-new heroes on such a huge phase hasactually been a game-changer. “They’ve done us happy,” states Lily Noble-Owen, who captains a regional group. More than half of the 23 gamers in the Northern Ireland team manage work or studying with playing part-time in the Irish Women’s Premiership. Compare that with England superstar Lucy Bronze, who will be heading to signupwith Barcelona from Manchester City when the competition ends. Radio 1 Newsbeat went to Ballyclare Comrades Ladies – a regional football group in Northern Ireland – to see how essential Euro 2022 hasactually been for them. Image caption, When Lily began playing football there weren’t any ladies’ groups “It’s a wonderful ac
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