Late Nations League Victory
Shea Charles scores a dramatic late winner as Northern Ireland defeats Georgia in Nations League
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Northern Ireland beat Georgia 1-0 in Tbilisi to open their Nations League campaign with a late, dramatic victory. Goalkeeper Pierce Charles saved a second-half penalty from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, then his brother Shea scored in the ninth minute of stoppage time, finishing a cross from captain Trai Hume. The win was Northern Ireland’s first in League B of the Nations League.
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The result was Northern Ireland’s first away win in the Nations League, according to Article 3.
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Defender Dan Ballard appeared to injure his hamstring in stoppage time, a late setback for Northern Ireland.
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Shea Charles’s winner was checked for offside by VAR before it was allowed to stand.
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The match was officially behind closed doors because of sanctions on the Georgian Football Federation after crowd trouble the previous year, though more than 6,000 schoolchildren were admitted.
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Shea Charles had become Northern Ireland’s most expensive player with a reported £30 million move from Southampton to Fulham that summer; the goal was only his second for the national team.
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