Euro 2016: 5 interesting facts about the tournament

Longest current unbeaten run of any side in Euro 2016

The spotlight will be on Lafferty

Northern Ireland may not be everyone's cup of tea as far as their footballing philosophy goes but when it comes to achievements, there can little doubt that they merit plenty of credit for what they have done.

Their mere participation in the tournament is an achievement in itself as they became the first fifth-seeded nation to top their European Championship qualifying group. Their first appearance in the tournament and their career-best ranking of 25, has been thanks to the impressive form of Kyle Lafferty up front and their solid defence.

In fact, they come into Euro 2016 as the team with the longest current unbeaten run of any side in the tournament. Having not lost even once in 11 games, they will be hoping to keep that run going and go far into the tournament.