Spain loss will help Northern Ireland’s learning curve – Conor Bradley

Liverpool star Conor Bradley believes Northern Ireland will learn from their 5-1 beating at the hands of Euro 2024-bound Spain as they look ahead to next year’s World Cup qualifiers.

Daniel Ballard’s header less than 70 seconds into the encounter in Palma had the travelling Green and White Army dreaming of another famous result against the Spaniards.

But from the moment Pedri levelled 10 minutes later there looked like only one winner as Spain’s class told, with Alvaro Morata and Fabian Ruiz scoring either side of Pedri’s second to make it 4-1 at half-time, and substitute Mikel Oyarzabal getting another in the second half.

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