2026-09-26 · BBC News
🔮 As the clock ticked beyond 97 minutes in Northern Ireland's Nations League B Group 2 opener against Georgia in Tbilisi on Friday, goalkeeper Pierce Charles seemed sure to be the man making the headlines.
Quite apart from saving a penalty from Ballon d'Or nominee Khvicha Kvaratskhelia in the second half, the Queens Park Rangers loanee had made a handful of other smart stops to preserve what was set to be Northern Ireland's first competitive clean sheet away from home since Charles' 2024 international debut against Belarus. assertive