UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Thursday, October 8, 2015
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Northern Ireland WDDWD 3
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Match Report

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Northern Ireland beat Greece to qualify for first-ever European Championship

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
4
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
10
0
Saves
4
56
Possession
44
9
SHOTS
17
5
ON GOAL
6
0.6
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
0
Accurate Crosses
2
1
Crosses
4
0.0
Cross %
0.5
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
3
Blocked Shots
1
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
6
Clearances
0

Head to Head

GRE leads series 2-1

Lineups

NIR

  1. 1Michael McGovernG
  2. 17Paddy McNairD
  3. 4Gareth McAuleyD
  4. 20Craig CathcartD
  5. 11Chris BruntM
  6. 13Corry EvansM
  7. 16Oliver NorwoodM
  8. 8Steven DavisM
  9. 14Stuart DallasM
  10. 19Jamie WardF
  11. 21Josh MagennisF

GRE

  1. 1Orestis KarnezisG
  2. 15Vasilis TorosidisD
  3. 5Vangelis MorasD
  4. 19Socratis PapaststhopoulosD
  5. 20José HolebasD
  6. 6Alexandros TziolisM
  7. 22Andreas SamarisM
  8. 8Panagiotis KoneM
  9. 16Nikos KarelisF
  10. 21Christos AravidisF
  11. 9Kostas MitroglouF

Timeline

  1. 35' Goal!! Steven Davis hits a very good left footed shot low through the middle from the left 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Northern Ireland now leads 1 - 0
  2. 49' Goal!! Josh Magennis hits a very good header to the upper right corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Northern Ireland now leads 2 - 0
  3. 59' Goal!! Steven Davis hits a very good header to the upper right corner from the left penalty area (aprox. 18 yards) and scores!! Northern Ireland now leads 3 - 0
  4. 65' Greece makes a sub: Petros Mandalos enters for Nikos Karelis. Reason: Tactical
  5. 71' Greece makes a sub: Demetris Pelekas enters for Panagiotis Kone. Reason: Tactical
  6. 76' Greece makes a sub: Stefanos Athanasiadis enters for Kostas Mitroglou. Reason: Tactical
  7. 78' Northern Ireland makes a sub: Liam Boyce enters for Josh Magennis. Reason: Tactical
  8. 81' Northern Ireland makes a sub: Niall McGinn enters for Jamie Ward. Reason: Tactical
  9. 85' Northern Ireland makes a sub: Luke McCullough enters for Patrick McNair. Reason: Tactical
  10. 86' Goal!! Christos Aravidis hits a very good left footed shot high through the middle from the centre penalty area (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Greece now trails 1 - 3
  11. 90' End of the game

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