Since 2001, the first time Germany lost a WC qualifier, the last time it was England with a 5-1 victory and had won its last 18 in a row as it pursues a place at the 2022 tournament in Qatar. North Macedonia has never played at a World Cup but will make its tournament debut at the European Championship this year after Pandev scored the winning goal in a playoff against Georgia in November.
TIMO WERNER, HOW DID YOU MISS?! 😱 pic.twitter.com/ACDf2yw26z
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DUISBURG, Germany — Germany lost a WC qualifying fixture for the first time in 20 years Wednesday as the 2014 winner was beaten 2-1 by North Macedonia.
GERMANY LOSE TO NORTH MACEDONIA 🤯
Their 35-game unbeaten streak in WC qualifying games is snapped! pic.twitter.com/Vq3xxBLW96
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Germany leveled after Goran Pandev’s opening objective in first-half stoppage time but had no reply to Eljif Elmas’ 85th-minute winner for North Macedonia, which moved over Germany into the second place in Gather J. Armenia is the astonish pioneer as the only team to win all three fixtures so far, after coming from behind to defeat Romania 3-2. “The reality is that that this clearly shouldn’t happen,” Germany midfielder Ilkay Gündoğan told broadcaster RTL.
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Pandev opened the scoring when Germany’s defense totally misplaced track of the experienced Genoa forward. However, Gündoğan equalized from the punishment spot within the 63rd after Leroy Rational was brought down by Ezgjan Alioski.
North Macedonia lead Germany again!
Just look what it means to them 👏 pic.twitter.com/cv2bdP70NO
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Armenia is the shock gather pioneers after they struck two goals interior the ultimate four minutes for a 3-2 triumph over Romania in Yerevan to form it three wins out of three. The comes about cruel that coach Joachim Loew, who is quitting after the European Championship, will be clearing out Germany in the third put on six focuses, behind 65th-ranked North Macedonia after they scored an 85th-minute champ through Eljif Elmas.
Before the start of the game, the German players unfurled a banner supporting human rights.
