Northern Eire supervisor Tanya Oxtoby says it has been a “difficult day” after the second leg of their Nations League play-off in Iceland was moved to Wednesday.

The relegation/promotion play-off was scheduled to happen at Laugardalsvollur Stadium in Reykjavik on Tuesday at 18:00 GMT however was referred to as off on account of heavy snow.

It is going to now happen on Wednesday at 17:00 GMT in Laugardalur in Iceland’s capital, which has a synthetic pitch.

“It has been a difficult day, however one which has introduced this already tight-knit group even nearer,” Oxtoby mentioned.

“The climate state of affairs was, after all, past anybody’s management, and the situations we have needed to put together in have been removed from what I’d contemplate a high-performance setting.”

The KSI, Iceland’s soccer affiliation, says the choice to host the sport on Wednesday, relatively than transfer it to the subsequent worldwide window in November, was made by Uefa “in session” with the KSI and Irish FA.

Oxtoby mentioned Irish FA chief government Patrick Nelson and president Conrad Kirkwood have labored with Uefa to “discover a resolution”.

“Whereas it is not a perfect situation, we now have readability, and the group might be prepared and targeted for the sport,” the Australian added.

The rearranged recreation might be streamed dwell on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport app and web site.

Iceland maintain a two-goal lead from the primary leg in Ballymena on Friday because of objectives from Glodis Viggosdottir and Ingibjorg Sigurdardottir.

Oxtoby’s younger Northern Eire facet are aiming to win promotion to League A for the primary time.