Northern Ireland boss Tanya Oxtoby conceded that her side were undone by a more clinical Portugal team after their 4-0 Euro 2025 qualifying defeat in Leiria on Friday.
"When you play good teams like Portugal and you switch off for small moments in the game, they are going to punish you and I thought they did that super effectively," she said.Oxtoby expressed her frustration with Northern Ireland's defending from the free-kick from which Rebecca McKenna fouled Alves and the referee awarded a penalty, especially after they had repelled numerous forays forward from Portugal in the early stages of the game.
"I’m super proud of the girls. For large parts of the game, we executed what we wanted to do, and it is a really positive performance.
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