North Ireland need attacking spark against Ukraine

Football Soccer - Poland v Northern Ireland - EURO 2016 - Group C - Stade de Nice, Nice, France - 12/6/16 Northern Ireland head coach Michael O'Neill REUTERS/Eddie Keogh

LYON, France (Reuters) - Northern Ireland need to come out of their shell in Thursday's Euro 2016 Group C clash against Ukraine if their first major tournament appearance for 30 years is not to end in an anti-climax.

Both sides are promising a more attacking approach than in their opening games, where the Northern Irish went down 1-0 to Poland and Ukraine were dispatched 2-0 by Germany.