UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Thursday, October 8, 2015
Germany WLWWW 0
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Republic of Ireland DDDWW 1
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Match Report

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Republic of Ireland stun Germany in Euro qualifying as Shane Long scores

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
2
11
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
6
66
Possession
34
16
SHOTS
5
7
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
7
Accurate Crosses
2
26
Crosses
5
0.3
Cross %
0.4
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
6
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
1
Clearances
13

Head to Head

GER leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

IRL

  1. 16Shay GivenG
  2. 15Cyrus ChristieD
  3. 22Richard KeoghD
  4. 4John O'SheaD
  5. 17Stephen WardD
  6. 21Jeff HendrickM
  7. 8James McCarthyM
  8. 19Robbie BradyM
  9. 11Wes HoolahanM
  10. 14Jonathan WaltersF
  11. 18Daryl MurphyF

Substitutes

  1. 1David FordeG
  2. 23Darren RandolphG
  3. 2Paul McShaneD
  4. 5Alex PearceD
  5. 3Eunan O'KaneM
  6. 7Aiden McGeadyM
  7. 12David MeylerM
  8. 20Darron GibsonM
  9. 6David McGoldrickF
  10. 9Shane LongF
  11. 10Robbie KeaneF
  12. 13Kevin DoyleF

GER

  1. 1Manuel NeuerG
  2. 6Matthias GinterD
  3. 17Jérôme BoatengD
  4. 5Mats HummelsD
  5. 3Jonas HectorD
  6. 11Marco ReusM
  7. 21Ilkay GündoganM
  8. 18Toni KroosM
  9. 8Mesut ÖzilM
  10. 13Thomas MüllerM
  11. 19Mario GötzeF

Substitutes

  1. 12Bernd LenoG
  2. 22Marc-André ter StegenG
  3. 2Shkodran MustafiD
  4. 4Sebastian RudyD
  5. 14Emre CanD
  6. 7Bastian SchweinsteigerM
  7. 9André SchürrleM
  8. 16Karim BellarabiM
  9. 20Christoph KramerM
  10. 15Kevin VollandF
  11. 23Max KruseF

Timeline

  1. 35' Germany makes a sub: André Schürrle enters for Mario Götze. Reason: Tactical
  2. 44' Republic of Ireland makes a sub: Darren Randolph enters for Shay Given. Reason: Injury
  3. 65' Republic of Ireland makes a sub: Shane Long enters for Daryl Murphy. Reason: Tactical
  4. 69' Republic of Ireland makes a sub: David Meyler enters for Stephen Ward. Reason: Tactical
  5. 70' Goal!! Shane Long hits a very good right footed shot to the upper left corner from the right penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Republic of Ireland now leads 1 - 0
  6. 77' Germany makes a sub: Karim Bellarabi enters for Matthias Ginter. Reason: Tactical
  7. 85' Germany makes a sub: Kevin Volland enters for Ilkay Gündogan. Reason: Tactical
  8. 86' Mats Hummels is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  9. 90' Wes Hoolahan is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  10. 90' End of the game

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