50.
7:38 p.m
Ouédraogo! He dribbled past Robinson on the half-left edge of the penalty area, moved a few meters into the penalty area and finished – the ball was deflected and flew not far past the goal to the left. The subsequent corner brings nothing.
47.
7:35 p.m
Quickly to the other side, where the Northern Irish get the next corner. Donley takes the ball again, Drexler clears it in the penalty area – but then Damar gets stuck, so the ball is back to the hosts.
46.
19:34
Good advance by the Germans via El Mala and Tresoldi, who is however left behind in the penalty area against McMullan.
46.
19:32
It continues, initially without change.
46.
19:32
Kick-off of the 2nd half
45.
7:25 p.m
Half-time conclusion:
Break in Belfast! The German U21s are 0-1 behind against a brisk and clever Northern Ireland team. The goal for the home team came in the fourth minute, the opening minutes belonged exclusively to the Northern Irish. Germany got into the game better after a while, but didn’t have the most dangerous chances up front and were lucky in the 39th minute that Tommy Wright’s team didn’t score the second goal from their own corner. So Antonio Di Salvo will have to think about a lot during the half-time break in order to turn the game around. Northern Ireland will try to continue playing as before.
45.
7:18 p.m
End of 1st half
45.
19:17
Ullrich receives the chip ball from Rothe on the left side of the penalty area, but keeper McMullan gets there a little earlier.
45.
7:16 p.m
Official injury time (minutes): 2
44.
7:15 p.m
Kirk with a cheeky offensive approach to the left of the penalty area, but his cross pass is whistled for offside.
41.
19:14
Di Salvo will not be happy with the first half of his team, they don’t pose enough danger up front and Northern Ireland are often dangerous in front of Seimen’s goal at the back.
39.
19:11
Corner for the DFB youngsters, which results in a very dangerous counterattack opportunity for Northern Ireland. First Seimen, who came out, clears well against Kelly, then Aséko has to take Kearney’s shot on the line. Good luck for Germany!
38.
7:08 p.m
Bishop keeps the ball in the opponent’s half, the Germans continue to look for the gap in the Northern Irish defense.
36.
7:07 p.m
Not much is happening on either side at the moment, the game mainly takes place in midfield.
33.
7:04 p.m
Counter-attack opportunity for the home team, Noël Aséko steals the ball away from Kelly on the edge of the penalty area without a foul and prevents the counter-attack.
32.
7:03 p.m
Weiper and Tresoldi are well covered by the Northern Irish defense, it’s a difficult game for both of them.
30.
19:02
The Germans got into the game better, but they still lack the final threat offensively. Northern Ireland, meanwhile, concentrates on defending.
27.
18:58
Damar takes a free kick from the right wing. His cross is found by Rothe, who is then unable to fully utilize the ball with his head.
26.
18:56
The ball possession situation changed in the last few minutes and the guests now had more of the game.
24.
18:56
Corner for Germany from the left, which doesn’t bring anything at first, but Bishop then finishes half-left from the edge of the penalty area. Stephen McMullan has no problems with the low shot to his right corner.
21.
18:52
Damar dribbles his way free on the edge of the penalty area on the right, but his cross only ends up at the opponent. In the second attempt, El Mala is offside, but the German youngsters still make good attempts.
19.
6:50 p.m
Bischof and Damar stand ready for the free kick, Damar takes it directly and brings the ball to the first post – but into the side netting.
18.
6:49 p.m
On the other hand, El Mala relieves the pressure by taking a free kick on the left corner of the penalty area.
17.
6:48 p.m
Donley with the next shot for the home team, his volley from the right side of the box flies well over Seimen’s box.
15.
6:47 p.m
After a good run on the left flank, Russell is unable to retain the ball, but Northern Ireland continue to be very consistent and defend in a relaxed manner with the lead behind them.
13.
18:44
After a good follow-up from Bischof, Weiper scored the first goal for the guests, but the header from the left side of the penalty area lacked pressure.
11.
18:42
Rothe’s long ball for Damar on the right wing is too long, there isn’t really anything to be seen offensively from the Di Salvo team yet.
9.
6:40 p.m
Next standard for the Northern Irish, this time from the right half field. The free kick achieves nothing, the guests have the ball in their own half.
7.
6:38 p.m
First there is the next corner for the home team, again Donley takes the corner well – but this time the German defense is there.
6.
6:37 p.m
The Germans naturally imagined the beginning to be completely different. Does the early goal at least wake you up?
4.
6:35 p.m
Tooor for Northern Ireland, 1-0 by Ruairi McConville
A corner is successful early! Donley takes the corner sharply from the left into the penalty area, where McConville rises superbly and heads into the far corner from five meters.
3.
6:33 p.m
The hosts put pressure right from the start and pushed into the penalty area – but they couldn’t finish there.
1.
6:31 p.m
The ball rolls into “The Oval” and the referee is Patrik Kolarić from Croatia.
1.
6:31 p.m
Game start
6:19 p.m
The Green and White Army’s last appearance is victorious. They won against Malta 2-0 thanks to goals from Mackenzie Kirk and Michael Forbes. In the table they are in second place with four points, one place ahead of their opponents Germany – there was a draw against Georgia at the start of the qualifying phase. Coach Tommy Wright also changed his team to three positions compared to the Malta game and brought McMullan in for Barnsley in goal, McConville and Fogarty in defense for Tom Atcheson and Matthew Orr.
6:06 p.m
The last qualifying game against Greece was anything but successful – in the end it was 2:3 from a German perspective: the goals from Muhammed Damar and Tom Rothe were not enough. With the mistake, the pressure is greater today, as they were actually the clear favorites in this group and now have to reduce the gap to league leaders Greece again. At the moment, after three points from two games, only third place in the table is on paper.
5:56 p.m
Germany goes into the game with weakened defensive personnel, as Elias Baum is no longer there due to muscular problems and another Frankfurter, Nmadi Collins, was unable to make the trip. Di Salvo already announced at the press conference that he would once again trust goalkeeper Dennis Seimen, even though he was not without mistakes against Greece. There are three changes compared to the Greece game: Said El Mala comes into the starting line-up for Paul Wanner, and Assan Ouédraogo and Tim Drexler replace Leandro Morgalla and Hendry Blank.
5:40 p.m
We continue with the European Championship qualification in Group F! After the German youth team suffered a setback against Greece on Friday, today’s task is in Northern Ireland. The last meeting between Northern Ireland and Germany dates back to 2010, when Germany clearly won 3-0.
5:29 p.m
Welcome to the U21 game between Northern Ireland and Germany. The ball starts rolling in Belfast from 6:30 p.m.