Head coach of the Northern Ireland Michael O'Neill was extremely dissatisfied with the decision of the coach of the match against the Swiss to appoint a penalty.

On the eve of Northern Ireland in the native walls was minimally lost to the Swiss - 0: 1. The only goal of the meeting was scored by Ricardo Rodriguez from the penalty spot.

Head coach of the Northern Ireland Michael O'Neill believes that the referee of the meeting, Ovidiu Hachegan, made the wrong decision by appointing a penalty for alleged play with the hand of Corry Evans.

"It's amazing that the judge in this situation appointed a penalty. He was five meters from the episode and no one blocked visibility, "Michael O'Neal said after the match.

"The ball hit the shoulder of Evans, it's just incredible.

At first I thought that he fixed a foul in the attack or offside, but when I realized that this was a penalty, I was at a loss ".

"However, we are still in the game. Perhaps, in the second leg we will be lucky and the arbitrator of the meeting will make the same decision in our favor ".

The return meeting will be held on November 12 in Switzerland.

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