balls.ie – Yesterday, at Euro 2016, a country with a population of 1.8 million beat a country with a population twenty-five times the size of it. Northern Ireland, with players from Hamilton Academical, Melbourne FC and Reading beat a Ukraine side who fielded a team that, with the exception of right-back Artem Fedetskiy, all play for Champions League clubs. After a highly disappointing opening loss against Poland, Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill made five changes to his starting eleven for the crucial second fixture-and it paid off.