NI 'showed great character' in Guinea win - O'Neill

NI 'showed great character' in Guinea win - O'NeillImage source, Press EyeImage caption, The average age of the starting XI was the youngest of Michael O'Neill's tenureByJana McCabeBBC Sport NI journalistPublished10 minutes agoNorthern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill said Tom Atcheson's red card during his side's 1-0 win over Guinea in an international friendly "killed the game".Atcheson scored the only goal on his first Northern Ireland start when he fired home Isaac Price's cross on nine minutes.The Blackburn Rovers defender was then shown a straight red card in the second half when he brought down Abdoul Karim Traore as the last man, but NI were able to hang on to win and help build momentum ahead of Monday's match against World Cup bound France."The objective was to get minutes into players, and we managed to get basically everyone on the pitch which was nice," O'Neill told BBC Sport NI."The sending off killed the game and for the last 20 to 25 minutes, but they showed great character to go and win the game."I haven't seen it [the red card incident] back but the player's touch was a good bit away, wide of the goal. I haven't seen how much contact there was, but it did look a bit harsh at the time."'It was really good to see the togetherness' To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Watch: Northern Ireland beat Guinea 1-0 in friendlyO'Neill used the friendly against the side ranked 80th in the world as a chance to give younger players a chance in the green and white shirt.Both Liverpool's Kieran Morrison and Arsenal's Ceadach O'Neill made their senior debuts during the lacklustre match.Stopper Luke Southwood also came off the bench at half-time to make just his second appearance, in what was the first ever meeting between the nations."That was Tom [Atcheson&#...