North Macedonia gave this Wednesday one of the great surprises of the European World Cup qualifying for Qatar 2022 by defeating Germany 1-2 in a match in which they showed great defensive performance and were effective when they could put the ball in the opposite half.
A reading of the German defeat may be that
Joachim Löw
again resorted to experiments, with a defense of three centrals.
And he lost the bet.
In the two goals, in which
Marc André ter Stegen had
no chance of reaction, there were signs of confusion in the German rear.
But the main problem was upstairs, where Germany had difficulty generating chances and did not take advantage of the ones they did have.
Germany found themselves with an opponent who complicated things from the beginning and closed the area with a five-man defense, which made it difficult to reach the goal.
When the Macedonians seized the ball they launched quick attacks that, as the minutes passed, became more daring.
Germany had a great chance 9 minutes with a shot to the crossbar of the in
Leon Goretzka
to pass
Kai Havertz
.
Then came a quarter of an hour of permanent ball circulation without being able to enter the area.
The first Macedonian advance that seemed the warning of something occurred in the 24th minute and ended with a center to the small area that was cut by
Emre Can
.
Then Germany arrived twice, in the 26th with a shot from
Serge Gnabry
that goalkeeper
Dmimitroevsi
stopped with his foot.
In the 31st Gnabry reappeared with a shot that went wide.
The end of the first half, however, was clearly for the Macedonians.
First in 40, with a free-kick by
Alioski
from the right to the first post before which Ter Stegen reacted with a good save.
In the 45th minute, in an advance that began with a German fumble in the opposite area, Pandev opened the scoring for Macedonio del Norte with a shot inside the small area to center from
Bardhi
.
The second half remained the same although Germany, in 63, achieved the partial tie with a penalty converted by Ilkay Gundogan and that originated in a foul against Leroy Sané, who had been knocked down when he tried to advance through the Macedonian forest of legs.
Later, in 1980,
Timo Werner
had the second on his feet when Gundogan left him alone before the goalkeeper but failed in the row.
The Macedonian counterattacks were still dangerous and in one of them the second came, in 85, through
Elmas
, to the center of
Ademi
.
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