FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Wednesday, March 31, 2021
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Germany WWLWW 1
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Match Report

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Germany suffer shock home World Cup qualifier loss to North Macedonia

North Macedonia scored an 85th-minute winner through Eljif Elmas to stun hosts Germany 2-1 in their World Cup Group J qualifier.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
1
30.5
Possession
69.5
6
SHOTS
11
3
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
221
Accurate Passes
645
307
Passes
726
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
7
18
Crosses
20
0.1
Cross %
0.4
55
Long Balls
43
16
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.3
Long Balls %
0.9
3
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
11
14
Tackles
16
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
7
Interceptions
5
24
Effective Clearances
12
24
Clearances
12

Lineups

GER · 3-1-4-2

  1. 22Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 16Antonio RüdigerCD
  3. 23Emre CanCD-L
  4. 4Matthias GinterCD-R
  5. 6Joshua KimmichSW
  6. 21Ilkay GündoganCM-L
  7. 18Leon GoretzkaCM-R
  8. 7Robin GosensLM
  9. 19Leroy SanéRM
  10. 20Serge GnabryCF-L
  11. 10Kai HavertzCF-R

MKD · 5-3-2

  1. 1Stole DimitrievskiG
  2. 14Darko VelkoskiCD
  3. 6Visar MusliuCD-L
  4. 13Stefan RistovskiCD-R
  5. 8Ezgjan AlioskiLB
  6. 16Boban NikolovRB
  7. 5Arijan AdemiCM
  8. 21Eljif ElmasCM-L
  9. 17Enis BardhiCM-R
  10. 10Goran PandevCF-L
  11. 9Aleksandar TrajkovskiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Darko Velkovski (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 28' Robin Gosens (Germany) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 37' Antonio Rüdiger (Germany) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 45'+2' Goal! Germany 0, North Macedonia 1. Goran Pandev (North Macedonia) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Enis Bardhi.
  5. 46' Leroy Sané (Germany) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 56' Substitution, Germany. Timo Werner replaces Kai Havertz.
  7. 56' Substitution, Germany. Amin Younes replaces Robin Gosens.
  8. 59' Substitution, North Macedonia. Egzon Bejtulai replaces Boban Nikolov.
  9. 63' Goal! Germany 1, North Macedonia 1. Ilkay Gündogan (Germany) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  10. 67' Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 72' Substitution, North Macedonia. Stefan Spirovski replaces Aleksandar Trajkovski.
  12. 77' Goran Pandev (North Macedonia) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 85' Goal! Germany 1, North Macedonia 2. Eljif Elmas (North Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Arijan Ademi.
  14. 89' Jamal Musiala (Germany) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 89' Substitution, Germany. Jamal Musiala replaces Matthias Ginter.
  16. 90' Substitution, North Macedonia. Vlatko Stojanovski replaces Goran Pandev.
  17. 90' Substitution, North Macedonia. Kire Ristevski replaces Ezgjan Alioski.
  18. 90'+3' Emre Can (Germany) is shown the yellow card.

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