'Good teams win when they are up against it'
Justin Devenny says Northern Ireland's gritty 1-0 win over Iceland will give the team momentum heading into September's World Cup qualifiers. Isaac Price netted the opener in the first half but the game turned when Brodie Spencer was sent off for a last-man tackle with 33 minutes to play.The ten men of Northern Ireland dug deep and ground out a win in their final friendly before they take on Luxembourg and Germany in September.It was only the third time a Northern Ireland team have won a game with 10 players and the first time since the 1982 World Cup against Spain."I think good teams win when they're up against it or when they've got a man sent off," said Crystal Palace's Devenny, 21."We stuck together, which I think is key to this group. The togetherness is amazing. Everyone's there for each other."Everyone's going to go above and beyond for each other. It's great to have that within a squad and I think that's what brings us up to that next level."Devenny said that the 10 men of Northern Ireland "dug deep" and that will stand by Michael O'Neill's young team come the qualifiers."It might not have been the prettiest game, but we got the result which we wanted."On the park, everyone's there talking to each other, making sure everyone's doing their jobs. "That starts from Pierce all the way up to the striker. Everyone's good at that, to be fair."Northern Ireland start their qualifying campaign in September with trips to Luxembourg and Germany, and than face Slovakia in October's window."We have got the qualifiers coming up and we're all focused on that now but I think this was an important camp to get the group together, try and build momentum because we're going to have tough games."
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