Northern Ireland vs Germany, 2016 European Championship, Group Stage

· UEFA European Championship
Northern Ireland
    FT
    0 - 1
    Germany
    • 30': Mario Gómez

    Germany edge past Northern Ireland to win Group C

    Euro 2016

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Foul by Conor Washington (Northern Ireland).
    • 2': Joshua Kimmich (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 5': Foul by Steven Davis (Northern Ireland).
    • 5': Toni Kroos (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 6': Attempt blocked. Toni Kroos (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mario Götze.
    • 7': Attempt saved. Thomas Müller (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mesut Özil with a through ball.
    • 9': Foul by Gareth McAuley (Northern Ireland).
    • 9': Toni Kroos (Germany) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 11': Attempt saved. Mesut Özil (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jérôme Boateng with a through ball.
    • 11': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Craig Cathcart.
    • 12': Attempt saved. Mario Götze (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sami Khedira.
    • 12': Attempt missed. Joshua Kimmich (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Mario Götze.
    • 14': Corry Evans (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Foul by Mario Götze (Germany).
    • 16': Foul by Jonny Evans (Northern Ireland).
    • 16': Thomas Müller (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 18': Offside, Northern Ireland. Conor Washington is caught offside.
    • 19': Attempt missed. Mesut Özil (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Mario Gomez.
    • 22': Foul by Oliver Norwood (Northern Ireland).
    • 22': Mesut Özil (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 23': Attempt missed. Thomas Müller (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mario Gomez.
    • 26': Attempt saved. Jamie Ward (Northern Ireland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 27': Thomas Müller (Germany) hits the right post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich with a cross.
    • 30': Goal! Northern Ireland 0, Germany 1. Mario Gomez (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thomas Müller.
    • 34': Thomas Müller (Germany) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Mario Götze.
    • 35': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Oliver Norwood.
    • 35': Attempt missed. Mats Hummels (Germany) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mesut Özil with a cross following a corner.
    • 35': Attempt missed. Sami Khedira (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mats Hummels following a corner.
    • 35': Attempt blocked. Sami Khedira (Germany) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 35': Offside, Germany. Mario Gomez is caught offside.
    • 41': Attempt saved. Mario Gomez (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mesut Özil.
    • 41': Corner, Northern Ireland. Conceded by Joshua Kimmich.
    • 43': Offside, Germany. Mario Götze is caught offside.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Northern Ireland 0, Germany 1.
    • 45': Second Half begins Northern Ireland 0, Germany 1.
    • 48': Foul by Joshua Kimmich (Germany).
    • 48': Jonny Evans (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 49': Hand ball by Gareth McAuley (Northern Ireland).
    • 49': Corry Evans (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 49': Foul by Jonas Hector (Germany).
    • 50': Offside, Germany. Mario Gomez is caught offside.
    • 52': Attempt saved. Mario Götze (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich.
    • 52': Attempt blocked. Toni Kroos (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonas Hector.
    • 52': Attempt missed. Mario Götze (Germany) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mesut Özil with a cross.
    • 53': Foul by Stuart Dallas (Northern Ireland).
    • 53': Joshua Kimmich (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Substitution, Germany. André Schürrle replaces Mario Götze.
    • 59': Attempt saved. Sami Khedira (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Toni Kroos.
    • 59': Attempt missed. Mario Gomez (Germany) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
    • 59': Substitution, Northern Ireland. Kyle Lafferty replaces Conor Washington.
    • 60': Corner, Northern Ireland. Conceded by Jonas Hector.
    • 61': Attempt blocked. Jonny Evans (Northern Ireland) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Oliver Norwood with a cross.
    • 61': Corner, Northern Ireland. Conceded by Mario Gomez.
    • 63': Foul by Jamie Ward (Northern Ireland).
    • 63': Jonas Hector (Germany) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 64': Attempt blocked. Thomas Müller (Germany) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Toni Kroos.
    • 66': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Stuart Dallas.
    • 66': Foul by Mats Hummels (Germany).
    • 66': Jonny Evans (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 67': Foul by Kyle Lafferty (Northern Ireland).
    • 67': Sami Khedira (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Substitution, Germany. Bastian Schweinsteiger replaces Sami Khedira.
    • 69': Attempt missed. Thomas Müller (Germany) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mesut Özil with a cross.
    • 70': Substitution, Northern Ireland. Josh Magennis replaces Jamie Ward.
    • 71': Foul by Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany).
    • 71': Kyle Lafferty (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 75': Attempt blocked. André Schürrle (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mesut Özil.
    • 75': Attempt missed. Joshua Kimmich (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
    • 76': Substitution, Germany. Benedikt Höwedes replaces Jérôme Boateng.
    • 77': Offside, Northern Ireland. Kyle Lafferty is caught offside.
    • 77': Foul by Mario Gomez (Germany).
    • 77': Gareth McAuley (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 78': Foul by Thomas Müller (Germany).
    • 78': Jonny Evans (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 78': Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 78': Foul by Josh Magennis (Northern Ireland).
    • 82': Attempt saved. Mario Gomez (Germany) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich with a cross.
    • 82': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Michael McGovern.
    • 83': Attempt missed. Mesut Özil (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich.
    • 84': Substitution, Northern Ireland. Niall McGinn replaces Corry Evans.
    • 86': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Stuart Dallas.
    • 87': Attempt missed. Jonas Hector (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
    • 89': Attempt saved. Mario Gomez (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Thomas Müller.
    • 90': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Steven Davis.
    • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Mesut Özil (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Thomas Müller with a headed pass.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Thomas Müller (Germany).
    • 90'+3': Kyle Lafferty (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Northern Ireland 0, Germany 1.
    • 0': Match ends, Northern Ireland 0, Germany 1.

    Statistics

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    8 Fouls 10
    0 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    3 Offsides 2
    6 Corner Kicks 3
    1 Saves 8
    71 Possession 29
    26 SHOTS 2
    9 ON GOAL 1
    0.3 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    648 Accurate Passes 110
    720 Passes 196
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.6
    7 Accurate Crosses 2
    34 Crosses 7
    0.2 Cross % 0.3
    58 Long Balls 77
    35 Accurate Long Balls 24
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.3
    5 Blocked Shots 1
    8 Effective Tackles 15
    10 Tackles 20
    0.8 Tackle % 0.8
    0 Interceptions 0
    8 Effective Clearances 21
    9 Clearances 29

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA European Championship

    Venue: Parc des Princes
    Location: Paris, France
    Attendance: 44,125

    EURO Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 England 3 +1 5
    2 Denmark 3 0 3
    3 Slovenia 3 0 3
    4 Serbia 3 -1 2
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    NIR Northern Ireland (4-5-1)

    No. Name
    1 Michael McGovern (GK)
    20 Craig Cathcart
    4 Gareth McAuley
    5 Jonny Evans
    18 Aaron Hughes
    8 Steven Davis
    13 Corry Evans
    16 Oliver Norwood
    14 Stuart Dallas
    19 Jamie Ward
    11 Conor Washington
    Northern Ireland Substitutes:
    Shane Ferguson, Roy Carroll, Alan Mannus, Chris Baird, Lee Hodson, Niall McGinn, Kyle Lafferty, Josh Magennis, Luke McCullough, Will Grigg, Paddy McNair, Conor McLaughlin.

    GER Germany (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Manuel Neuer (GK)
    5 Mats Hummels
    17 Jérôme Boateng
    3 Jonas Hector
    21 Joshua Kimmich
    8 Mesut Özil
    18 Toni Kroos
    6 Sami Khedira
    23 Mario Gómez
    19 Mario Götze
    13 Thomas Müller
    Germany Substitutes:
    Marc-André ter Stegen, Bernd Leno, André Schürrle, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Jonathan Tah, Emre Can, Shkodran Mustafi, Leroy Sané, Benedikt Höwedes, Lukas Podolski, Julian Weigl, Julian Draxler.

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