'Positive after positive' for Northern Ireland's Devenny

Crystal Palace's Justin Devenny said he relished nan situation of playing a caller position for Northern Ireland successful their 2-1 friends conclusion by Denmark connected Saturday.

The crippled successful Copenhagen saw head Michael O'Neill prime nan 21-year-old to commencement astatine wing-back for nan first clip astatine world level.

Devenny, who won nan FA Cup pinch Oliver Glasner's broadside this season, performed admirably throughout, creating Northern Ireland's early goal while besides managing nan threat posed by Lazio's Gustav Isaksen.

"It was a caller position for maine but I enjoyed it and wherever I play for nan squad I'm consenting to do a shift," he said of what was his 4th cap.

"Michael had told maine he was reasoning of playing maine location and we did a fewer bits and bobs successful training. To beryllium fair, I'm acquainted pinch it from Palace arsenic well.

"I cognize nan roles and responsibilities of it and it's conscionable putting that into place."

O'Neill has antecedently played nan right-footed Brodie Spencer connected nan near broadside of his backline pinch nan Huddersfield Town man performing good successful caller internationals.

The head thought that Devenny's comfortableness connected nan shot gave his broadside a "nice outlet" astatine Parken Stadium.

"I thought he did really well," O'Neill said.

"He's sewage his hands afloat against a winger that evidently causes you a batch of problems. Justin's a midfield subordinate but he's left-sided and I thought he dealt pinch it very, very well.

"He gave america a bully outlet connected nan left-hand broadside arsenic good successful position of his usage of nan ball, truthful he was a big, large positive."

Along pinch Liverpool's Conor Bradley, Devenny was 1 of only 2 players successful nan Northern Ireland sheet to characteristic successful nan Premier League this season.

The item of his home season, however, was of people his side's Wembley triumph complete Manchester City successful nan FA Cup last and nan Scotland-born midfielder is already looking guardant to playing European shot astatine Selhurst Park adjacent season.

"Now it has astir apt sunk successful but astatine nan clip I was successful shock," he said of being an unused substitute successful nan final.

"It was specified a large accomplishment astatine specified a young age. I'll astir apt look backmost connected my profession successful times to travel and deliberation of that day. It was typical and to do it pinch a typical group of boys was great.

"It's affirmative aft positive. That's what I want to do pinch my career, return nan adjacent measurement and past nan adjacent measurement aft that. Hopefully location will beryllium immoderate opportunities to travel for me."

Before that, though, is Tuesday night's friends pinch Iceland wherever Devenny hopes some to make a first location commencement for his state and for nan broadside to build momentum earlier nan commencement of their World Cup qualifying run successful September.

"Hopefully I'll get a start. It's a typical ambiance and nan fans are great, truthful I can't hold for that," he added.

"It is astir getting that squad togetherness and knowing nan measurement we play. Even for me, this is my 3rd campy and it's astir knowing nan players I'm playing with.

"It's a awesome learning acquisition and I deliberation that builds momentum into nan large games."