NI must take advantage of Italy play-off – Magennis

NI must take ‘full advantage’ of play-off – Magennis Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Magennis has scored 12 goals for Northern IrelandByJana McCabeBBC Sport NI journalistPublished1 hour agoNorthern Ireland striker Josh Magennis mentioned that Thursday’s play-off semi-final against Italy is “a night we are going to remember for the rest of our lives”.Michael O’Neill’s side are aiming to beat Italy and progress to the play-off final against either Wales or Bosnia-Herzegovina – a chance to reach their first World Cup in 40 years.Magennis is no stranger to big matches in a Northern Ireland shirt and is one of just two players who remain in the squad who played in the 2016 European Championship in France.The experienced forward says the side now have to “make fond memories” when they travel to Bergamo.”When you have the opportunity to play and wear the green and white jersey, you take full advantage of it,” Magennis told BBC Sport NI.”It is a night we are going to remember for the rest of our lives, whether we make it or not.”We are doing our best to make it a good one, so when we look back like in 2016 that we have fond memories together and not ifs, buts and maybes.”World Cup play-off: Italy v Northern IrelandThursday, 26 March at 19:45 GMTWatch on iPlayer